Larson Collier

I have never been much of a man of text. I don't read very much and I certainly don't write very much. I do however use language a lot, just mostly through my mouth. I view writing as a remote way (bridging distance or time) of serving the same purpose as spoken word: conveying a thought to another as efficiently as possible. Since I don't usually have a need to convey my thoughts remotely I don't find myself relying on written word, thus I don't quite fancy it.

I have much different feeling, however, for writing forms whose primary motives are not intellectual discourse. I can appreciate written art forms like any other type of art. I find that writings generally fall somewhere on a spectrum of how much is left to the interpretation of the reader: poetry on one end, textbooks on the other. For me, storytelling is the perfect balance of forcefulness of ideas and leeway for imagination. Although I appreciate it, I don't actually do much formal storytelling, written or spoken. Just about the only type of writing I do for recreational purposes is lyric writing (and even that I don't do much). I can't say I get too much out of the average song's lyrics but I do enjoy the feeling of expression one gets from writing them, even if the real point isn't totally interpretable.

Such are my criticisms about writing, in a nice concise written piece. I guess that's irony.