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> YMMV I like a lot of your points, but for me personally, replace "writing" with "drawing" and it's a lot more relevant. I expect for others it could be "pla

> YMMV I like a lot of your points, but for me personally, replace "writing" with "drawing" and it's a lot more relevant. I expect for others it could be "playing an instrument" or "dancing". The point is to express yourself in a way that works for you. Writing gets an over-large share of influence in our society, IMO. There is something special about writing and language, in how specific it they be, but there are also things special about those other forms of expression I mentioned, unique to them. I guess I'm just saying that the important thing is "find a way to express yourself." Writing is just one piece of that puzzle.

brudgers 3y ago
Writing is what would answer the question “what are you thinking?” in ordinary circumstances. I draw and play music too. Sure, in an architecture office, a drawing would be a conventional answer. So would three chords in a rehearsal space. But in normal circumstances, like these, writing is how we express thoughts. You didn’t respond with a link to SoundCloud or a hosted jpeg. I get what you are saying. And I am not arguing that writing is the best way of thinking or the only way. Sorry for not being clear. I was only talking about my thoughts. Not yours.
- interroboink 3y ago
  Oh no worries; I am not trying to pick bones, just offer my perspective (: I realize you were quoting another source, I just get slightly annoyed by the phrase "writing is thinking" and its various other permutations that come up. For me, that is very much not the case. I agree that writing/speech is the normal way to answer a (written/spoken) question. It's how I would clumsily describe my thoughts to someone in that circumstance. But it is not how I would form those thoughts. Though I have also had conversations with people basically saying they can't imagine thinking without words — the two are one and the same, to them. Lots of weird brains out there; I enjoy it.

brudgers 3y ago

Writing is what would answer the question “what are you thinking?” in ordinary circumstances. I draw and play music too. Sure, in an architecture office, a drawing would be a conventional answer. So would three chords in a rehearsal space. But in normal circumstances, like these, writing is how we express thoughts. You didn’t respond with a link to SoundCloud or a hosted jpeg. I get what you are saying. And I am not arguing that writing is the best way of thinking or the only way. Sorry for not being clear. I was only talking about my thoughts. Not yours.

interroboink 3y ago
Oh no worries; I am not trying to pick bones, just offer my perspective (: I realize you were quoting another source, I just get slightly annoyed by the phrase "writing is thinking" and its various other permutations that come up. For me, that is very much not the case. I agree that writing/speech is the normal way to answer a (written/spoken) question. It's how I would clumsily describe my thoughts to someone in that circumstance. But it is not how I would form those thoughts. Though I have also had conversations with people basically saying they can't imagine thinking without words — the two are one and the same, to them. Lots of weird brains out there; I enjoy it.