4a. Writing and Thinking, Writing and Thinking

This is working backwards, but:

The answer is that, to an extent, writing is thinking.

The question is, why, why, why can I use writing as a means to explore the validity of writing?  Why should I write a blog to discover whether one should write a blog, for example?  Because the writing is an expression of thought, beyond mere transcription of mind.

Writing matters to me, and I seek to justify it, and until I do justify it, I feel unable to write.  It seems a hypocrisy to write to discover that truth, but the hypocrisy is not there.

The reader is a lie.  I don't write for vanity; I write for clarity.

The reader is the truth.  Without the reader in mind, the thoughts swirl but never escape.

My thoughts are my own, and I share them, the better to keep them.