Lip VS Pen
I planned to name this post "Word of mouth VS Writing". But I just could not resist the pun. Since one of the synonyms, I stumbled upon, for "word of mouth" was "lip to lip" 😆.
Stories and tales used to be passed down the generations via word of mouth it did not have precision, but stories were alive. Converting them to written word, made them rigid and lifeless. P.S.: while writing this post, a short story named "The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling" by Ted Chiang, came to mind...