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

Shamelessly stolen from justinlloyd on a previous post about writing to think.

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