[ WP ] Describe an object within five feet of you in as much detail as possible .

I do n't like the way it sounds.. or the way it feels, really. People have their own personal `` nails on a chalkboard'' feeling that they ca n't stand to bare; it feels like a chalkboard to the touch. It's grainy and messy and gets everywhere when you press too hard; and the sound produced upon pressing is even worse. It's dry and harsh; it triggers the emotions associated with feeling too thirsty or the pain of sensitive gums reacting to a drink-too-cold. 
 
 But it looks so brilliantly simple; a cold, fragile, darkest-of-dark tool for creation. Its perfect blackness is almost royal and proud in its flawlessness. How perfect indeed that the origin of all our words and our pictures and our history can be summed up in a single black stick. And where I like how it looks, I love what it creates. 
 
 Who would've thought a stick of rock could be crushed or brushed or stroked or broken into the very basis of ingenuity; a perfect tool for those who strive for the purest realism in imitation. I suppose they never really `` thought'' about it.. I imagine someone happened to pick one up thousands of years ago and just started drawing. 
 
 It is simultaneously completely cheap, yet one of the most powerful, influential purchases a man can make. It brings us permanence and drives us toward infinity. It ensures that we will learn from our mistakes and treasure the past. It promises that we will be remembered when the powers that be cease to be. It offers control, privilege, history, identity, memory, art, science, and exploration. 
 
 It offers us a chance to reach our full potential -- and then keep going.
