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I wanna get lost
In class we spoke of argument. "Everything is an argument", you'd tell us. From the clothes we wear, the movies we watch, the books we read, the words that come out of us.
But what about theneedtojustEXPRESS, to just put it out there without really trying to convince anyone of anything. Just self expression straight up. Like scribbling... you're in class taking notes but your mind's on other things and you just start drawing for the sake of it right there on your notes. You start drawing simply for the smooth feel of soft lead on tree pulp. You're just being, maybe you're working things out in your head while you doodle. Is that argument? Or what about when someone throws a lump of clay at you (make sure you catch it) and you just stick your hands in it and feel the damp earth between your fingers and under your nails. You play, you pull, you score, you attach, and it starts to take shape on (what seems to be) it's own.
Maybe sometimes there isn't any intention to persuade. Maybe what is expressed is just that- an expression. But then again what is expressed might reveal a lot about a person?
But what about theneedtojustEXPRESS, to just put it out there without really trying to convince anyone of anything. Just self expression straight up. Like scribbling... you're in class taking notes but your mind's on other things and you just start drawing for the sake of it right there on your notes. You start drawing simply for the smooth feel of soft lead on tree pulp. You're just being, maybe you're working things out in your head while you doodle. Is that argument? Or what about when someone throws a lump of clay at you (make sure you catch it) and you just stick your hands in it and feel the damp earth between your fingers and under your nails. You play, you pull, you score, you attach, and it starts to take shape on (what seems to be) it's own.
Maybe sometimes there isn't any intention to persuade. Maybe what is expressed is just that- an expression. But then again what is expressed might reveal a lot about a person?
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