because it's safer this way

[blustocking]

Better to remain a mystery than attempt to explain complexity.
You'll just end up looking false and transparent...paper-thin.
You want honesty, but you'll never truly have it.
So how much do you really want...really?

"The most essential gift for a good writer is a built-in, shock-proof, shit detector." --Ernest Hemingway

I'd say this doesn't only apply to writers...

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[vance.livejournal.com]

Of course there's also the fact that explaining yourself will also only cause more confusion as people don't understand your way of thinking and interpret you on their own terms. Hilarity or some sub-version of it always ensues.

[blustocking.livejournal.com]

yes...that's basically what I was getting at.