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Es ist nicht genug, zu wissen, man muß auch anwenden; es ist nicht genug, zu wollen, man muß auch tun. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Translation: It is not enough to know; one must also apply. It is not enough to want; one must also act. Writing is how I comprehend Life and all its delicate intricacies. I've been doing it for a long time now: I have poems and short stories in my archives that are from when I was six years old, all the way to today. One thing I've always wanted to do was to share my work with others, get feedback, and feel more like a *real* writer. Now, I've finally gained the courage to create a blog after several long years of uncertainty about the whole premise. I suppose one could say I'm always trying to go beyond my horizons and expand them. After ages of keeping my poems hidden in little notebooks locked away in the drawers of my desk and scrawling a multitude of words in messy cursive with a silver fountain pen (that almost always left ...