Why do I Read and why do I write?
A perplexing question.
One reason is, obviously, that I have been trained
to read and also form sentences that can be comprehensible for others.
But of course I have choice. Not to read and not to write is a choice
that I can opt for. Its just that I opted for doing it rather than not
doing it.
Answer for reading that came to my mind when I was
triggered to answer - and this is an eyeopener for me - "I read to
understand, know, and connect with the mind, heart, and possibly with
the soul of the writer. It looks like a need to connect and find the
universal within all of us".
And surprisingly that seems to be
true for writing as well. The writing - the best that you can express in
words - will be to put mind, heart, and soul in what ever you are
writing - be it a report or romance. If your writing has your soul it
will connect with your readers as it can not be any different from their
soul. When you write put your soul in it and that is it. To maximize
the life in each moment of living and expression requires writing from
the core of you.
When "I" dissolves away from your writing and
expression remains the core of what you are, that becomes the final
version of what you have written. The expression need to be devoid of
you so that it becomes as close to the reader as your soul can be. That,
I believe, is all there is to writing!
Whats others have mentioned as their reasons on "writing"
Fascinating collection of "On writing" is at
BrainPickings
One of posts - by
David Foster Wallace makes interesting reading :)
