Episode 18 Thoughts shut out sound.
When I think about it, the Yamanote Line is a loop line.
My mind doesn't have a loop of "seeing," "listening," and "reading/writing," so it's not a loop, is it?
Perhaps the correct way to describe my thinking is that "listening," which I am worst at, is at the center, and "seeing" and "reading/writing" are wobbling like a balance toy.
I consciously convert "text/sentences" into "sound" and then into "words," and unconsciously convert "sound/words" into "images" to understand them.
However, I cannot unconsciously convert the "images" in my mental library into "sound/words."
What is important here is the point of whether it is conscious or unconscious... that's a bit difficult, isn't it?
It's not interesting to be shown raw, unedited home videos, is it?
Even if there is a cute child on screen, and even if they are doing something very funny.
That is why it is important to edit properly, narrow down the main points, and make it clear what you want to convey.
Whether it's movies, dramas, or YouTube videos, regardless of the scale, this process must surely exist.
The images in my head are just images... they are raw video footage.
You cannot narrow down the main points with just images.
That is why I must use the editing tool of language to narrow down the main points.
The act of "thinking" as I see it is exactly this.
Editing images through sound from one end of the balance toy to the other is what "thinking" is.
Previously, I talked about how I'm not good at izakaya talk.
This is also an image of "thinking" on the input side.
In my case, since understanding is the process of converting "sound" into "voice" and then into mental images, if I don't consciously "listen" and "convert sound to voice," the audio doesn't enter my head in a state I can understand.
During this task, which requires concentration, the weakness of my cocktail party effect comes to the surface.
It feels like the memory that should be used for the function of "discarding unnecessary audio information" when I am actively trying to listen is being consumed by the task of "listening to the necessary sound."
Actually, the same thing happens on the output side.
Thinking means having to turn images into words, so "sound" and its "conversion" inevitably occur there as well.
Even if no voice is coming out of my mouth, my head is overflowing with sound, meaning all my memory is being consumed by audio processing.
In the morning, I wake up with the chickens and write my blog.
Because that time is the quietest.
Noise is strictly forbidden for thinking.
The input side is easy to understand even from the outside, but the output side is hard to understand, isn't it?
So, the outer loop of the Yamanote Line is the input side, and the inner loop is the output side...
If you're wondering why I'm so obsessed with the Yamanote Line...
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