Posting something here gives what's been written such an air of finality----as is typical of any sort of recording, whether through art or writing. (Type-)Writing can look so finished, which is why many people fear and avoid it (and many others should) because our lives and thoughts are not in any sense finished, not even when we die. We're always open for revision. . . for learning. . . for change.
And so when I look back at something I've written (which isn't all that often) and suddenly find all sorts of arguments against it, part of me wants to stop recording, to acknowledge my general inability to encompass enough to ever feel I've written the true thing.
But I keep at it because I'm never quite convinced, and occasionally, there are moments of clarity for me, and maybe even for someone else. And not only that----sometimes these pieces just serve as sparks, whether to further thought or argument or doing something.
I guess I'll keep at it a little longer.
