{"id":228013,"date":"2020-04-27T06:55:48","date_gmt":"2020-04-27T13:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=228013"},"modified":"2020-04-27T10:41:50","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T17:41:50","slug":"why-write","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/27\/why-write\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Write?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Writing \u00e2\u20ac\u201d a tool to impute your thoughts into the external world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-videopress\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"VideoPress Video Player\" aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='500' height='281' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/gwtC51hH?autoPlay=1&amp;loop=1&amp;muted=1&amp;persistVolume=0&amp;preloadContent=metadata&amp;hd=0&amp;cover=1' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><script src='https:\/\/v0.wordpress.com\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js?m=1674852142'><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption>WHY WRITE?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WHY WRITE?\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/avcKT_kyP60?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Writing just as another tool <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li 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class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One does not write for the sake of writing. No. We write in order to explicate our thoughts in order to \u00e2\u20ac\u0153put it out there\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. Get your ideas out of your head and body, into external reality. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">You don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t gotta identify yourself as a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153writer\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is almost as silly as calling yourself a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153food eater\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, or a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153coffee drinker\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, or a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153toilet user\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. Writing is a thing we do\u00e2\u20ac\u201d not for any moralistic duty, or way to show off. 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