Writing

Emotions over facts

Every single sentence has an emotional component to it.

Some have a strong one — we describe them with words like hilarious, tragic, or controversial — some have a weak one — we describe them as factual, informative, or dry.

The hidden wealth of experience

Words give us only the barest inkling of meaning. They illustrate an experience of understanding, of insight, of vision. But they do not suffice.

To trully understand what is meant by a sentence, we have to have an experience that is akin to the…

The root of ‘easy for you to say’

The internet is full of advice for achieving success. But even though the advice can be good, it may feel like cheating to us. We might say: easy for you to say! Why?

Why you should write too

I enjoy writing, but every so often I look at the words on my screen, and think: this has been said a thousand times before. Why am I writing this? I came up with a few reasons because as Benjamin Franklin put it:

“So convenient a thing it is to be a…