Yes, but not only is the performance art version funnier, but I might get a pencil out of it.
Of course, knowing me I will promptly break the pencil and then I'll be heartbroken.
What I need to do is go into business selling inert-gas-filled hand-blown glass ampules to store your artisanally-sharpened pencil in, so that it retains its sharpness until long after you are dead. I am an authentic solid state physicist with an authentic lab coat and goggles, after all, so I have ample qualifications in scientific pencil preservation.
Of course, knowing me I will promptly break the pencil and then I'll be heartbroken.
What I need to do is go into business selling inert-gas-filled hand-blown glass ampules to store your artisanally-sharpened pencil in, so that it retains its sharpness until long after you are dead. I am an authentic solid state physicist with an authentic lab coat and goggles, after all, so I have ample qualifications in scientific pencil preservation.