Comments on: Why do we write? http://perpetuallybored.com/2008/11/23/why-do-we-write/ The incessant rants of an anhedonic cynic Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:30:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: RailGun http://perpetuallybored.com/2008/11/23/why-do-we-write/#comment-162 RailGun Sun, 23 Nov 2008 18:03:34 +0000 http://blog.mythokia.net/?p=387#comment-162 Ironically though, looking back at unpleasant stuff that happened in the past makes my current position feel more enjoyable and positive. Maybe that's why? Ironically though, looking back at unpleasant stuff that happened in the past makes my current position feel more enjoyable and positive. Maybe that’s why?

]]> By: Tipa http://perpetuallybored.com/2008/11/23/why-do-we-write/#comment-161 Tipa Sun, 23 Nov 2008 14:29:31 +0000 http://blog.mythokia.net/?p=387#comment-161 I write, in part, to feel a connection to my younger self, the one who wrote those words. You will become a different person, one you won't even recognize as you. And that person will wonder what you were like. Words can help with that. Though there are things I wrote as a teenager I have never dared to read since. I don't know if I ever want to know that person. But maybe my kids will, after I am gone. I write, in part, to feel a connection to my younger self, the one who wrote those words. You will become a different person, one you won’t even recognize as you. And that person will wonder what you were like.

Words can help with that.

Though there are things I wrote as a teenager I have never dared to read since. I don’t know if I ever want to know that person. But maybe my kids will, after I am gone.

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