What is the point of expression journals

[Alexander]

Yeah, what's the point?

[Mandy]

What's the point of art or music? 

[Mandy]

@Alexander Have you ever tried flow of consciousness writing... just writing whatever it is you're thinking, putting it out into words out on the screen? 

[Alexander]

Just now, Mandy said:

@Alexander Have you ever tried flow of consciousness writing... just writing whatever it is you're thinking, putting it out into words out on the screen? 

No,never I pre meditate what will I type.

[Mandy]

8 minutes ago, Alexander said:

No,never I pre meditate what will I type.

Well flow of consciousness writing would be with absolutely no premeditation. Glancing through your journals, you don't seem to write about emotions or feelings or random stuff, or dreams, or anything like that, more just stuff along the trajectory of your life kinda stuff. Have you tried being looser with it? Writing about something that doesn't really seem to have a purpose at all and seeing what happens? I'll often write something I'm thinking and initially think/judge it being really random but then how it was symbolic often arises later on its own. Nothing is meaningless, nothing is pointless, it's just a premature judgement to say so. It also doesn't have to have a premediated point or meaning, it's often more revealing if it doesn't. 

[Phil]

I have a friend who claims he has three arms.

I don’t see this alleged third arm and invite my friend to check as well, but my friend insists he has three arms. 

 

This belief started as an interpretation about himself which did not resonate because it isn’t true.

I point this out to my friend, and he reiterates that he has a third arm. 

 

I invite my friend to look together, and he reiterates there is no need to because he already knows he has three arms and he knows he’s right about this.

I invite my friend to actually look though, to check, to inspect. 

He reiterates that a doctor has confirmed he has a third arm. 

He defends the third arm. He suspects I have an ulterior motive. 

 

I’m like “but come on man, actually look!”.

He reiterates that he doesn’t need to look, because he already knows the truth, that he has three arms. 

 

There is suffering.

He does not know why. 

 

[Someone here]

@Alexander when you express your thoughts it's like taking them off your shoulders. 

It's like you're asking whats the point of taking a shit 😆 

[Alexander]

50 minutes ago, Someone here said:

@Alexander when you express your thoughts it's like taking them off your shoulders. 

It's like you're asking whats the point of taking a shit 😆 

Then why you don't have one?

[Someone here]

8 minutes ago, Alexander said:

Then why you don't have one?

Because im a bad writer . And everyone here will be reading my shit . It's gonna be overall a net negative experience for me 

 

[Alexander]

3 minutes ago, Someone here said:

Because im a bad writer . And everyone here will be reading my shit . It's gonna be overall a net negative experience for me 

 

I see.

[Phil]

43 minutes ago, Someone here said:

Because im a bad writer . And everyone here will be reading my shit . It's gonna be overall a net negative experience for me 

 

It’s like you’re claiming you have three arms. 

[Phil]

 

[Someone here]

6 minutes ago, Phil said:

It’s like you’re claiming you have three arms. 

 Why you and Mandy are "in love " with not getting straight to the point sometimes?😅 I don't like taking a long route to explain an obvious thing . I'm sure it might bother you as well to be at the receiving end of ambiguity. 

But I get what you're saying anyways . I'm taking English classes where we study literature and trying to improve my writing . Notice that I'm Indian. Speaking in English flawlessly and without grammar mistakes is not a piece of cake for me . Let alone expressing in a poetic manner .

[Phil]

2 minutes ago, Someone here said:

 Why you and Mandy are "in love " with not getting straight to the point sometimes?😅 I don't like taking a long route to explain an obvious thing . I'm sure it might bother you as well to be at the receiving end of ambiguity. 

But I get what you're saying anyways . I'm taking English classes where we study literature and trying to improve my writing . Notice that I'm Indian. Speaking in English flawlessly and without grammar mistakes is not a piece of cake for me . Let alone expressing in a poetic manner .

Seems ambiguous, like you’re saying you don’t get the point, yet you do get the point. I’ll be as direct as possible. 

 

58 minutes ago, Someone here said:

Because im a bad writer .

This is a belief. 

 

58 minutes ago, Someone here said:

And everyone here will be reading my shit.

This is a belief. 

 

58 minutes ago, Someone here said:

It's gonna be overall a net negative experience for me 

 

This is a belief. 

 

 

You keep saying it, it keeps seeming true. Like someone who says they are bipolar, or manic depressive, or depressed, etc, etc, etc. 

These are beliefs. 

[Someone here]

@Phil OK since you so keen on dispelling beliefs. what's your suggestion to dispel this certain belief of mine ?

 

[Phil]

Just now, Someone here said:

@Phil OK since you so keen on dispelling beliefs. what's your suggestion to dispel this certain belief of mine ?

 

Which one?

[Someone here]

5 minutes ago, Phil said:

Which one?

That I'm not a good writer ,specifically. 

[Phil]

Just now, Someone here said:

That I'm not a good writer ,specifically. 

Is it true or is it an opinion? 

[Someone here]

11 minutes ago, Phil said:

Is it true or is it an opinion? 

Opinion. 

[Isagi Yoichi]

On 12/11/2023 at 9:12 PM, Someone here said:

when you express your thoughts it's like taking them off your shoulders. 

It's like you're asking whats the point of taking a shit 😆 

 

so basically the expression journal section is a public toilet with no doors.

 

so accurate lol, nice metaphor bro