Why I Write

Theo Armour

2 min readFeb 27, 2021

a response to Eleanor B’s “Why I write”

So as to be able to forget
To not have to remember too much
To get “it” out of my brain
To enable my future self to dialog with my past self
To explain things more clearly than the muddle that floats in the brain
To combine bunches of thought-ettes into coherent wholes
To help others see or feel things more clearly
To have fun with words — and the five senses
To record puns and word games and word oddities — watchstrap — bookkeeper — sequoia
To let people know that I love them
To create at least ten bullet points
To create useful instructions to help people do something better
To provide feedback or commentary on something I have observed
To describe something that does not exist yet but could
To specify the design of something
To help me decide if I like or dislike the thing thing I am thinking about
To help me decide
To describe a problem or an issue in such a way that it can be made possibly solvable
To discuss the pros and cons of something with myself
To create manifestos
To add to “To Do” and “Done” lists
To help the people of the future know a little bit about me
To make something now that can be improved upon tomorrow
To create new new thoughts
To tell a story
To make a laugh
To figure out the feelings
To have something to edit
To create an agenda
To help to start things and to finish things
To have something that can be agreed
To have something to talk about
To track what happened
To reveal bias
To reveal whim and whimsy
To disagree gently or vehemently according to the situation
To help you sing
To explore the art of punctuation; whatever!
To sum things up
To live in the moment — with no rhyme or reason but letting the moment be recorded somehow right now
To know that it matters that I live

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Written by Theo Armour