Word of the Week #277:
Sometimes, I feel like writing is… limited.
Sometimes, words are just not enough.
Of course, one could argue that it is my ability to write that is limited. I don’t think I would even deny that.
However, in general, I do feel like writing as an art form is limited.
Not everything I want to express can be expressed when I want to through just words.
The written word can sometimes lack an immediacy.
In some ways, animals have it so much better, right? Their behaviours are built more for expression than communication.
It is not that we do not have access to these expressions. Of course, we do. However, our complex lives can sideline most of our natural behaviours and interactions.
Sure, if you were upset, your frown could express that, but what if there is no one else in the room? How do you broadcast that frown?
A frown-face selfie? That’s dumb.
An emoji? Really, that’s the best you have to offer? 
And yet, these are both better than posting a status that reads “Life is not daijoubu.”
Sometimes, words are not enough.
Sometimes, you need more.
Sometimes, you need to reconnect with your ancestral caveman heritage through an expressive—though perhaps rudimentary—piece of graphic art that can truly and succinctly capture the nature and depth of your feelings.
Sometimes, you need a meme.
And I have a meme for you.
Not daijoubu at all…
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