--- title: Essays – Church Life Journal | formation description: formation | --- Search [![churchlife](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/hubfs/Churchlife_Aug2016_Theme/Images/church-life-journal-white-horizontal-1.png)](http://churchlife.nd.edu/) - [Essays](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/essays) - [Articles](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/articles) - [Blog](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post) - [Contributors](http://churchlife.nd.edu/contributors/) All posts filed under: ESSAYS [![](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Moore-1-crop.jpg)](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/essays/2016/08/01/the-dangerous-art-of-becoming) ## [The Dangerous Art of Becoming](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/essays/2016/08/01/the-dangerous-art-of-becoming) Published by [Colleen Moore](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/essays/author/colleen-moore) I stopped writing cursive in the sixth grade. If I were to handwrite this sentence for you, you would likely find my penmanship immature, unrefined, and inefficient. Its unwieldy form and bubbly profile—adorned with loopty-loops and fancy curls—would sit fat, proud, and unapologetic upon the page, the way a toddler wears her protruding belly. Such is my cursive, hopelessly stuck in the grasp of my... 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