Don’t think to write, write to think
<p><pre><code>        .;&#x27;&#x27;-.                  The lessons I was taught about the things of my thoughts       
      .&#x27; |    `._                is that if I write until I quit then my thinking becomes quiet. 
     &#x2F;`  ;       `&#x27;.              I write.  
  ,&#x27;\|    `|         |             I write to think. 
  | -&#x27;_     \ `&#x27;.__,J               I write quite a lot. 
 |      `&quot;-.___ ,&#x27;                   I write almost as much as I&#x27;ve thought. 
 &#x27;-,           &#x2F;                      I write until I quit. 
 }      __.--&#x27;L                        I write to get the thing out of my head. 
 ;   _,-  _.-&quot;`\         ___            Which let&#x27;s my thinking go on to my next thought when I step out of bed.
 `7-;&quot;   &#x27;  _,,--._  ,-&#x27;`__ `.
  |&#x2F;      ,&#x27;-     .7&#x27;.-&quot;--.7 |      _.-&#x27;  Because there&#x27;s only so much room up there.
  ;     ,&#x27;      .&#x27; .&#x27;   -. \&#x2F;     .&#x27;      In that little cramped space inside of my hair.    
    \ |      .&#x27; &#x2F;  |    \_)-  &#x27;&#x2F;   _.-&#x27;``
     _,.--..&#x2F; .&#x27;     \_) &#x27;`_    \&#x27;`     Sometimes the thing I think about has taught me a lot about thought.
   &#x27;`f-&#x27;``&#x27;.`\;;&#x27;    &#x27;&#x27;`  &#x27;-`    |     And sometimes the thought I have about the thing taught me nothing at all.
      \`.__. ;;;,   )            &#x2F;
        &#x2F; &#x2F;&lt;_;;;;&#x27;   `-._    _,-&#x27;      But I am grateful for the lesson it bought.
       | &#x27;- &#x2F;;;;;;,      `t&#x27;` \       I don&#x27;t think I could think without writing my thoughts down.
       `&#x27;-&#x27;`_.|,&#x27;;;;,      &#x27;._&#x2F;|     Which gives me a new thought:
        _.-&#x27;  \ |;;;;;    `-._&#x2F;     Do I think to write?
             &#x2F; `;\ |;;;,  `&quot;       Or do I write to think?
           .&#x27;     `&#x27;`\;;, &#x2F;
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             |    `&#x27;.&#x2F;;&#x27; _ &#x27;_.&#x27;     |
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