Writing is the expression of the self. Through reading, both while and after writing, what is written by the self, one realises the expressing self, and to a certain degree, hence, the self. The more one writes, the more one gets a better view of the self. This is tantamount to taking photographs of a certain object through different angles, and afterwards trying to draw upon a three-dimensional view of the object in the head through one’s reasoning and imaginations. Here, the object is the self, and photographs are the posts. The angles must be the various life events. Consequently, the self is objectified and studied, driven by the self (what drives the self can only be explained as an instinct, for there are no explicit or practical reason behind all this; self-expression, I assume, is an instinct; for I do not belief in pure associations, the self’s striving to know its own self must therefore also be an instinct). The objectification of the self is both the antecedent and the essence of knowing the self, hence a crucial step for knowing and understanding not only one’s own life (i.e. the contextualised self), but also Life that surrounds the life and the various connections that exist between the two. Self-awareness is the true birth of the becoming of the self. One can say, thus: I write, therefore I am. Therefore, I write.
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