Writing is not walking on a rope or climbing a mountain. Then what is the risk one takes when starting to write? It is the risk of being vulnerable - the risk of getting judged for sharing one's inner feeling, emotions and thought process. Of course, to do selective sharing and to do sugar-coated writing is no risk whatsoever. It is safe and thus will be more of a PR communication than authentic writing.
In the age of Facebook and Instagram, everything with everyone is rosy that it becomes difficult to share one's pain and suffering, to show the wounds and scars without the fear of getting hurt in return. Every word shared, every feeling expressed, and every emotion revelled can get trolled, mocked and mimed. People can cross-reference your writings to other initiatives of your life, can put them out of context and in some cases even manipulate them for personal vendetta. Selectively taking wrong inferences out of one's writings and using it for communal or political propaganda is not new. A writer is taking that risk while sharing opinions and views.
Why doesn’t the writer simply avoid the vulnerabilities? Why not be smart and share what is suitable and safe. Of course, a writer can do that. But it defeats the purpose of writing.
Why doesn’t the writer simply avoid the vulnerabilities? Why not be smart and share what is suitable and safe. Of course, a writer can do that. But it defeats the purpose of writing. The experience and expression of the writer are lost. Then there is no point in writing at all. Every time a writer sees a blank page or empty screen, the act of writing even the first word comes from the intention of giving something a form - that is the self and being of a writer. That word, that sentence, that paragraph and that page are what breathes life into that blank page. A life which the writer lives, an experience the writer provides.
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