thoughts on writing.

I sometimes call speaking rushed writing. You go so quickly that you end up writing so many mistakes, which you obviously have to go back and fix up later on. You have no real time to think about what you want to ‘write’ in the sense of saying, unless the whole conversation is premeditated, like a speech or something. Then there are the words that you use. You have to make sure you use words that people don’t mis-interpret, which is a whole other issue in itself. This is why i like writing. Its permanent, you can read it a thousand times and understand what one person is trying to say. With conversation you cant do this, unless of course, you record it. But who does that?

Writing is like speaking but fifty times slower. And thats the beauty of it. I can write something, then you can write something, and that can be over a period of a week, or a month, or a year. really, any time frame can work. Whereas as speaking, conversation, is this messy mix of emotion and speed, because when you are speaking to someone, they demand your words right there and then. Writing does not demand this kind of quick attention. This is why i love to write. You are not here reading my email. I can make it just perfect, to say exactly what i want it to say, then i can send it away, where you can read it as many times as you like. Then you can even write back to me and clarify parts you didnt quite understand, which then i can reply with a loving response explaining those parts which were abit grey.