Writing is Crude hieroglyphs chiseled in pain & sorrow to commemorate an event which is intransmissible.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Writing is painful marks made to commemorate events that cannot truly be transmitted to others.
- In plain terms
- Writing is made of pain to record things that cannot be shared.
- What can you take from it?
- Write to preserve what cannot be fully passed on.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Can anything truly be transmitted?
- Is writing worth the pain?
Another view
Transmission is sometimes possible through writing.
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