on writing
Forcing the diffuse ideas and impressions in your head into a definite statement is an art form. You have to grab hold of what is floating and make it rigid and sharp. It can feel almost embarrassing, revealing your ignorance with as much vulnerability as possible.
Henrik Karlsson • How to Think in Writing
Ideas can feel complete. It's only when you try to put them into words that you discover they're not. So if you never subject your ideas to that test, you'll not only never have fully formed ideas, but also never realize it
Henrik Karlsson • How to Think in Writing
The autobiography of Alice B. Toklas | Los Angeles Public Library
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mentioned by henrik. she introduced picasso and matisse, has a specific style
why they were reluctant to use words: they were afraid of the false precision writing forces onto thinking. They were afraid of premature precision and the confusion it breeds