WRITING AND ITS ACTS

Every other art form, be it painting, reciting, dancing, playing music becomes a performance while you are doing it. Writing, on the other hand, is a solitary act. Writing can never become a performance. For writing this line, I have had to think, pause, imagine, press backspace and edit, change words, find better words, rewrite and finish only to reread and rewrite it. The process in itself is the most immersive self-exploration a human can do. You cannot watch someone write. It’s too boring for everyone else, other than a writer. The fireworks go on in their mind, the outside world is unaffected. An ongoing story, or narrative, is incomplete to give you the joy that a finished piece can. Unlike music, or dance, or even painting. Where every note or riff that is played, or moves that are swayed, brushstrokes that are done are a treat to watch. Writing is one (wo)man’s job. Writing is the purest, truest and most pristine form of art. I laughably tuck my tongue under the roof of my mouth and just walk away whenever I see people call writing a simple thing.