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The Temptation to Pre-Explain

Makari Shorts

I notice I want to explain myself most
when I fear being misunderstood.

But explanation is an attempt at control,
and control always pulls me out of the work.

Some of my best writing happens
when I stop translating the instinct
and let it arrive unmediated.


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