This post is inspired by a poetry from Whitney Hanson. She says:
If a tree falls in the forest and no one around to hear it. Does it make a sound?
I have always said yes. But, recently I have been changing my answer.
What this question is asking is that the tree's existence is dependent on being perceived.
Does something becomes less real or not real at all if no one is watching?
I would like to say no. But, something within me screams otherwise.
~by Whitney Hanson
This was the first thing that I came across for her. Since then, I have been seeing what things she posts. Personally, I think this is the one poem that I like most so far.
The reason is that, this opens the door to us questioning our actions. Especially, when we write. If one day one of us wrote something and then asks those questions. Isn't true? Isn't true that there are a lot of things in life that would lose its meaning if we were to only reflect on ourselves and disregard others?
Are we asking for validation? Not necessarily. Because, we know from within that our thoughts and ideas would die if not shared with others.
I'd like to keep those questions open for you to put your own answer to them.