A Story of 'Dialogue' and 'Mandarin Oranges'. | Writing Diet Promotion Committee
Nekogurashi likes to listen to stories.
Hobbies. Food. Things they have worked hard on.
I can get a glimpse into their life. It's even better if I can hear episodes like that.
Nekogurashi is not good at talking.
Holding the reins of rampant thoughts is exhausting.
Rather than running the other person over with them, I often end up being the listener.
Conversations between me and someone else look like a simulation of counseling from the outside.
Empathic understanding.
Unconditional positive regard.
Congruence.
To ensure it doesn't just become a monologue, I provide appropriate backchanneling and dig deeper.
I keep in mind to let the other person speak comfortably.
Timing it right, I also engage in self-disclosure.
And then I yield the floor again.
The ratio is roughly 8:2.
I immerse myself in the other person's worldview.
I pay attention to the tone of their voice.
Sometimes the tone drops.
Some dark shadow falls.
The tempo speeds up.
I feel an extraordinary passion.
Even on the same topic, the emotions change in minute detail.
Very small fluctuations.
Fluctuations that are generally imperceptible in daily life.
I repeat their words. I reflect them.
I process the words I've chewed on, align them with myself, and deliver them back to the other person.
They seem impressed.
I am surprised by a reaction larger than I expected.
Caught up in it, my own words also become filled with heat.
Two monologues (solitary speech) turn into one dialogue (mutual conversation).
There was someone I talked to in that manner.
He said he liked pure literature.
Especially Ryunosuke Akutagawa's 'Mandarin Oranges'.
That was where his passion was most concentrated.
I felt his core was there.
I read it as soon as the dialogue ended.
Hope, inspiration.
However, I felt a pessimism beyond that.
I surely would have had a different impression than him.
This time, I brought a monologue.
I wonder how he will react.
I can't wait to talk to him next.
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Once again, I am Nekogurashi, aiming to be a text-dwelling creature🐈
The Writing Diet Promotion Committee.
Under that pretext, this time I tried to trim down my writing as much as possible.
Is this what you call a short-short story?
Going back and forth between abstraction and concreteness.
And yet, not losing the atmosphere of the writing.
How difficult it is to strike that balance...
I am often deeply moved by the favorite words of a certain friend.
What you can talk about is intelligence
What you don't talk about is character
What you convey is humanity
I cannot help but feel that I am still immature in every one of these elements.
Learn a lot, write a lot, and feel a lot.
I want to make my life richer.
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