"Is it better to speak or to die?"



"Is it better to speak or to die?"
Is a profound popularized by (Call Me By Your Name)

"What will I choose?"

For me, speaking has always been one of the many arts of expression, whatever form it may take. Speak. Let it out.

If forced to choose, would it be better to choose to speak, or to choose to die?

Ah, there is something else you must know: expressing yourself does not always have to be spoken aloud. There are countless mediums—painting, writing, singing, or even weeping. Are these not all ways for us to express the soul? So, let us not be afraid. Because all of it is art.

And I am one of those humans who will speak through my writings, for it seems I am not so gifted at saying things directly. Pouring my heart out is a form of tranquility that always brings me back to myself. Through it, I come to know who I am—discovering what I desire and what I do not, understanding what I must do and what I must leave behind.

How many languages in this world do we understand without even realizing it? Would you think of English, German, French, Spanish, Malay, Arabic, Mandarin, Chinese, or Korean? Or perhaps even the 6,500 languages recorded in this world? Of course not. What I am speaking of is the language of art that breathes within every human being.

(6.7) six-seven, is one of those languages the entire world knows. Conversing with people we have never even met through (6.7)—I swear to you, it is a tangible kind of beauty. It makes me realize that it truly isn't so hard for the world to understand one another.

Find your own way to speak. It does not have to look like anyone else's—only the way your heart desires and comprehends.

And remember, not everything needs to be understood by others. Sometimes, we only need to understand it ourselves, and that alone is enough to prove that we have spoken.

Believe me, I harbor fears just as you do. 
But to me, to speak is to die once, but to not speak is to die a million times.

And so, I choose to speak. And only then will I die—I will die in perfect peace.

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