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BECAUSE IT'S THERE, or, why I write
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"Why do you want to climb Mount Everest?"

"Because it's there."

- George Mallory, 1886-1924, thought to be the greatest mountain climber of all time.


Lost on Everest in 1924, body recovered in 1999.

Nobody knows if he actually made it to the top or not.


Hang in there.

As a truly creative person, you will find that you're all alone.

Society is not geared to support people who are creative,
and your friends will think you're crazy for taking all this stuff seriously.

You would have be a truly integrated person [in the Jungian sense],
and with a very healthy ego for it to not bother you.

Then again, people with healthy egos don't usually become artists.


On a personal note, I've tried and tried to fit in,
but I'm an abject failure as a "normal person"


But the answer to why I write has gone beyond the thought of reward.

For me personally, the answer is simple:

"I have no choice."



Because it's there.


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Reviewed by Eva Pasco
Reviewed on November 23, 2015
For me, writing feeds a hunger. While I cannot carry a tune, do not excel at a sport, do not draw well at all--I have a way with words and desire to share this. It is what I hope will be my legacy.


Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on January 31, 2014
As good a reason as any. I have a burning desire to share things with others. By writing what I think down and sharing it with others, I may be contributing, in a small way, to civilization. And I may not. But at least, thanks to the Internet, my written legacy will be around much longer than I am and may be rediscovered someday in the future, like finding Elvis alive.

Ron

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