Why do writers write in the way that they do? Take a minute to think about it.

While I still haven't figured out the grounds to comfortably (and without prejudice) call myself a writer just yet, I still believe I do what they do best.

They think, and so do I. They explore those thoughts, getting to their roots by asking themselves questions they're most afraid of, again, so do I. They find answers to those questions and proceed to create a perfect expression and representation of the thoughts that spurred those answers, again, so do I, just as much as they!

Now, because I, just as much as they, go through the same processes as they do, I'll satisfy your curiosity and paint for you a perfect picture representing what it is that makes them write the way they do.

You see, my strongest emotions are addressed by writing. Hold on, don't get worried just yet.

While some will go ahead to call this type of writing journaling, I will refrain from doing that, because you see, journals aren't meant to be read the way you're reading this. Journals are for the eyes of their writers only. So you see, I can't say I address my own emotions by journaling. Instead, I address them by sharing.

But here's what you don't know - this method of addressing emotions is great, and the best fit for me and this is because my emotions are my superpowers as much as they're my greatest oppositions.

Here's what I'm saying:

Sometimes, I feel motivated to do, to act, to be; and other times, I can't seem to gather the slightest bit of motivation from my insides. Which is the issue - it's similarity to my emotions, or my motivation being one of my many other emotions. When I'm happy, I want to do more, I want to be, and I just want to act. In contrast, when I'm sad, I just want to be left alone, and in my head.

What this means is that I constantly have to find a means of providing myself with a balance between these two extremes. That balance is writing - which I assume to be the same for the other writers you see. Our will to write is spurred by our search for a means of creating a balance between two extremes.

Yet, while my writings are tied to my emotions, on several other occasions, they come from a place of deep reflection, a place of scrutiny, and a place of thoughts. And to get to that place where reflection, scrutiny, and deepened thoughts are at, I have to ground myself to a place of emotional neutrality; and to be able to ground myself to a place of emotional neutrality, I have to write.

Do you now see what I'm describing?

As I pen down this thought, I'm neither happy nor sad. Rather, I'm plugged to my headphones, listening to some Hillsong Worship in the background, and grounding myself emotionally - by writing.

And I think that's what art is - scrutiny and emotional grounding. A skill of expressiveness, curiosity, and representation. Is that to say I'm art myself? Maybe. Just maybe.

With this, won't it be fair if I request to be called art?
Because I'm a canvas set to be painted upon at any point in time. I'm a blank slate that can show the image of whatever brush strokes are being done on me. And so are all the writers out there - writing because they themselves are art!