Texture in a recent post considered why we write, raising by the topic questions of need and hungers: We write, we communicate, because we need to make contact with other points of awareness; we need to be acknowledged as real outside our personal sphere; we want to be seen as significant and meaningful and valuable... Could find more to list, no doubt... It comes down, I believe, to one spirit saying 'hello' to another, and getting 'hello' in response. We can and do complicate it, but often... Sign in to see full entry.