Beatrice Potter WebbIt would be curious to discover who it is to whom one writes in a diary. Possibly to some mysterious personification of one's own identity.
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When you are creating a diary, you are writing to yourself. You are the personification of yourself. The only difference between you and the diary is that the diary has no way of knowing who you are or why you are writing. If you have a friend, the idea is that they will read your journal so they can learn about who you are.
If someone else reads your diary, they will be able to learn about who you are through their interpretation of what you have written. When people write diaries, they write to themselves because that is the only person they will be able to understand their words at the time.
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