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A Pursuit for Writing

By: Bryan Ricardo Marini Quintana

(Angelica Kauffman, The Artist in the Character of Design Listening to the Inspiration of Poetry, 1782)

Why do I write?

Perhaps to forget

Perhaps to remember

Why do I write?

Like Odin fears losing Huginn and Muninn

Likewise, I dread forgetting Thoughts and Memory

Why do I write?

Maybe to neglect my Reality

Maybe to preserve my Dream

Why do I write?

Either to preserve Myself

Or to preserve Culture

Why do I write?

Either to bloat with my ego

To not be forgotten

For my figure to be recollected

Why do I write?

Or to shrink with my modesty

To be forgotten

For my art to be recollected

Why do I write?

To allow audiences to experience my art

To allow audiences to criticize my art

Why do I write?

To discover my story

To aid others in finding their story

Why do I write?

For my figure to be forgotten

For my art to be remembered

Why do I write?

To release art from my binds

Freeing creation from my confines

With imagination transcending from my grasp