Recently, my friend challenged herself to not bring her phone to class in an effort to be more present. Hence, the notes.

After getting caught by the teacher (classic) and getting threatened to read the note out loud (also classic), I started thinking about how layered the act of passing a note really is.

In today’s day and age, it’s rare one would choose a piece of paper as a means to send a message instead of their phone; however, I believe it ought to be a less obvious choice.

There are many benefits to writing a note over shooting a text. First, it implies effort. A rather obvious element of writing a note, is the intention that goes into writing it. Simply put, it takes more time to hand write a note then it does to send a text.

Second, there’s an element of secrecy and intimacy that comes along with note passing. Passing a note to someone is a mechanism through which one communicates a message catered to a particular individual. Not only did you write the message but you crafted a way for it to get to that specific person. Impressive.

You might be wondering what the point of all of this is. The point, maybe fruitless to many, is the idea that something as simple as passing a note, can communicate so much more than the actual content itself.

All of the elements mentioned above, render the passing of notes a fascinating means of communication. A blog, although catered to a general audience, is incredibly different and therefore if I could take this post, crumple it into a ball, and throw it at the back of your chair, I most definitely would.