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Submitted by jrlewis on Mon, 03/18/2013 - 5:22pm

“I think;

Therefore, I am,”

Said the philosopher, Renee Descartes.

 

“I think;

Therefore, I am;

Therefore, I can change who I am,”

Argued the neurobiologist, Paul Grobstein. 

 

I write;

Therefore, I know;

Therefore, I can change what we know.

Might the poet, Martin Espada, write. 

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Brain Damaged

Submitted by jrlewis on Tue, 04/09/2013 - 12:22pm.

Perhaps I write; therefore I know is too personal. What I think in my own mind is ephemeral. Most thoughts I forget. This is true even of important thoughts, meaningful thoughts. When I committ a thought to writing it gains permanence. The page is something I can return to time and again, something separate from myself. It is precisely because I am questioning and changing that I value old drafts and old thoughts.

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ipso facto

Submitted by interloper on Wed, 04/10/2013 - 4:02am.

I write;

Therefore, I remember;

Therefore, I can change what I know.

Might the poet, Julia Lewis, write. 

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Changing what I know

Submitted by interloper on Wed, 03/27/2013 - 9:51am.

This poem has really made me think. The concept of "I write; therefore I know" is a statement that I have been pondering. In my case, I could just as easily say "I write; therefore I question", because writing to me is usually a search for answers.

In either case, the result is changing what I know.

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