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poorly written history: sometimes I get defensive,
poorlywrittenhistory:
Lately, I have been spending time reflecting over the purpose of nonfiction writing. Dorothy Allison maybe said it best when she said once that we tell stories to survive, to expunge what we hold inside our chests and in the pit of our gut. It seems to me, at its most basic element, we tell our…
I know I’ve said that I would try to minimize reblogging, but oh my God did I need to see this. I’m always telling myself, “wait just a little while longer before you draw that picture or write that thing or invite your friends to come do this, wait until you know a little more,” but I’ve realized that if I do that I’ll end up waiting forever and miss out on capturing this important transition in my life. My whole world has been completely shaken down to the core in the past couple months. Every day I’m a new person. It’s important to document. Actually, wait. It’s important to express. It’s not just about preserving the memory as meaningless history. It’s important to capture the genuineness of my journey and my thoughts and feelings along the way. These feelings and realizations are not temporary, insignificant, pre-adventure factors. They are the adventure. I think it’s time for me to really be the brave person I’m striving to be through the things I say and express. I’ve been thinking about this a lot this past week. I can’t shake the feeling that I’ll miss out on something important if I don’t.
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memory.” Yes. Yes. Yes.
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