As writer and illustrator Karasira Teta Ange Lina reflects on her impulse to write, this essay traces the subtle tension between expression and self-protection. Moving through questions of honesty, vulnerability, and creative safety, she shares her thoughts on how words, unlike images, expose the self more directly, and how holding back, out of fear of being fully seen, shapes the way she creates while still seeking sincerity. Lately, I have been thinking a lot about writing itself.Not about...