I think nearly all the writing that we do in our lives generally is performative in some way, except perhaps those scribbled notes that you do to yourself. I really believe exploratory writing can help us to surface the stuff that's hidden that we're dimly aware of or even not even aware of at all. And if you can detach from that for a minute and lean into your own thoughts about it, you're so much more likely to come up with something original, relevant, important to you. But there's something about taking that time before you just switch into that kind of derivative search focused mode to actually explore what's going on inside your head that's valuable.