Even a quick search through my writings shows clearly enough that I am of two minds when it comes to writing for the sake of writing. On the one hand, I am horrified by the notion, which I often associate with mere quantity as expressed by the word count; on the other, I embrace it as the only meaningful reason for writing, for I am repelled by any other that comes to mind. But which way am I likely to go in the long run? Given my ruminations about writing yoga, writing for writing’s sake is a safe bet for the time being (“Writing Yoga,” August 22, 2007). If anything else, writing is an excellent way of keeping one’s thoughts clear and straight. Otherwise, senseless gibberish gets the upper hand. This is often associated with monkeys in one’s mind, and the metaphor is pretty apt. All one gets are snippets of thought, which are often repetitive and sometimes even obsessive. Even though writing is far from stilling of the mind, which is the ultimate objective of yoga, at least it is a step in the right direction (“Ten Principles of Bon Yoga,” November 13, 2012). This is not exactly writing for the sake of writing, but it comes close enough. At any rate, writing for the sake of stilling of the mind sounds rather awkward, does it not?