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For those essays directly pertaining to my life.
Writing: Essays
Michel de Montaigne, in inventing the essay as a genre, wrote that he aimed to record "some traits of my character and of my humors." The assumption being, of course, that those traits are worth recording. For me, they serve a simpler purpose: to reflect on my place in the world, and understand my journey through it, so that others and I may become more generous, creative, and broader-minded individuals.
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For those essays directly pertaining to my life.
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For those essays which may speak to a broader experience.