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Interesting. In some point, it was the reason I started to write my poetry.

Weird, but emotions about which I didn't want to talk, now have a place in Blogit. And, still, nobody outside this "community" has no clue, that Iam writing anything.

posted by shypettite on October 5, 2006 at 5:40 PM | link to this | reply

Oh the complications of the human mind!!

posted by nonconformist on October 4, 2006 at 3:50 PM | link to this | reply

Very interesting theories. I'm going to think about them.

posted by SuccessWarrior on October 3, 2006 at 9:44 AM | link to this | reply

Don't mean to be a downer

but my experience relates.  I was with my father when he passed after a battle with cancer.  It was a very emotional and intense several days and afterwards, I found I couldn't sleep because I kept replaying the events.  When I finally pulled out my journal and wrote everything down, I fell asleep.  I realized later that I could do that because my memories were finally safe and I could stop replaying them.  It was such a relief.  For many, I do think writing things down allows us to let go of memories.

posted by TVBlogger on October 3, 2006 at 9:11 AM | link to this | reply

Arty--

it's kind of an interesting theory. I'm not entirely sure it is quite so exclusive, but those are definitely two major purposes of words. "Remember the blog!" lol.

posted by Julia. on October 3, 2006 at 7:43 AM | link to this | reply