Admittedly, this is silly. I bought a pencil at an All-State music convention in the late '80s that I've never sharpened. In part, that's because I rarely write with pencils. I associate them with smudged printing, Scantron tests I took decades ago, and general impermanence.
Subconsciously, however, I suspect I haven't sharpened the pencil because it's a collector's item. It contains treble clefs, bass clefs, and various types of notes among its designs. I'm not sure if such pencils are still available today.
I know this isn't entirely rational. Pencils are meant for writing, after all, and sharpening them isn't akin to severing limbs. Besides, the designs repeat themselves, so even if sharpening eliminates one set of piano keys and a grand piano emblem, there are identical designs further up on the pencil.
That's today's post on musicandradiomusings.blogspot.com, the blog that bravely tackles first world musical issues. (I'd insert a smiley face emoticon here, but I'm trying to stay at least a tad refined.)
