Journal 1: Writing could also be Invisible?

Writing is not only a process of thinking that helps the author understand the abstract ideas formulating in their head, but it also serves as a foundation to inspire more of their own thoughts and those of others. Writing is projecting thought outside the mind either for one to fully digest an idea or to encourage an audience of one or many to take an idea and see a different side of it. To ground my definition a little more firmly, I imagine myself creating a small shape out of Legos (say it's an essay I write) and then I pass it along to you, and you can inspect my creation and add on Legos or take Legos away (say that's you taking and receiving the thoughts I tried to communicate through my piece, and then applying your own experience, perspective, or knowledge to it).

After beginning this class with a suggestion to view writing as an abstract concept, I would say any thoughts projected aloud can also be considered writing. As far as I understand right now, I don't believe writing needs to be inscribed on paper or carved into a wall or stone. As long as a person expels their ideas into the world, I would consider that writing. For example, in improv a pair of actors create a scene with the first thoughts that come to their head. In an alternate universe, the same two actors could sit in front of a computer and type out a scene using first thoughts that come to their head. In both scenarios they both project their thoughts and give each other ideas to build off of; the only difference is, in the second scenario, the writing is made more permanent by their typing.

1. complex/kaleidoscopic - It can take so many forms, fit so many molds, and hold so many meanings.
2. evolving - as technology has progressed through the years, so has writing.Would ancient Egyptians ever predict that the hieroglyphics on their walls would end up being the foundation of all the "lols" and "omgs" we share today?
3. communicative - It's not always easy, but it's a way to share the whirlwind of daily thoughts we listen to every day.
4. therapeutic- It can serve as an author's outlet to purge him/herself of bad, good, exciting, discomforting, etc memories or thoughts.
5. uniting - It connects people. If there's a crowd of 100 strangers in a room who all read The Catcher in the Rye, every single person already has something common through that single experience.

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