"Only Rereading Is a Creative Reading Technique" by Nozomi Nagata
A book with a title that intrigues book lovers
"Only Rereading Is a Creative Reading Technique"
by Nozomi Nagata, March 2023
Speed reading and extensive reading are what I recommend, and I rarely reread books, but a book you want to read again is a bestseller for you. This is a book I will want to read again in a few years.
Previous book: "Tsundoku Is the Perfect Reading Technique"
The shocking title published three years ago, "Tsundoku Is the Perfect Reading Technique," conveys the message that
many people feel guilty about tsundoku (piling up unread books), but it is not a problem at all.
Rather, tsundoku is a natural state.
The world is already in a state of tsundoku (overflowing with information).
The bold idea of collecting books and cultivating a biotope of books.
From a reader to a book collector.
You should face books with that kind of free thinking.
A new proposal not on how to read books, but on how to engage with them.
A book that sets you free.
The evolutionary form: "Tsundoku" -> "Rereading"
This time,
a proposal for an evolutionary theme: Tsundoku -> Extensive Reading -> Rereading.
In short, the conclusion is that "it is okay to read selfishly."
It sounds obvious, but the development is super thrilling!
There is no "perfect" way to read.
There is no "perfect" way to read, there is only rereading (a total negation of the previous book's title lol).
Accepting that you "don't understand."
Rereading and talking while remaining incomplete.
Noticing your own changes, such as being able to read what you couldn't before.
Accepting incompleteness is philosophical and essential.
Is the message not to fall into the dualism of understanding versus not understanding?
Rather than reading, talk about it.
Rather than reading, talk about it (earning the right to speak).
Talking about fiction.
Innovation through Known Information × Unknown Information (Creative Reading)
When you become creative, you become lonely
Don't be read by books; read them proactively.
A message that it's okay to be creative and go beyond the book.
Biotope (Tsundoku/Unread Books) → Terraforming (Rereading)
The theme of the previous book, "Book Biotope," is the idea that it's fine to enjoy collecting books you like and creating an environment for them.
Terraforming means creating an environment where humans can live in an extraterrestrial setting. It's the image of venturing into unknown territory, like migrating to the moon or Mars.
Innovation comes from combinations. Combine various genres, classics and bestsellers, speed reading and slow reading, unread books and rereading, and your own knowledge and insights. It is a reading style like terraforming, where you create your own unique context.
Feeling like you understand, yet not quite understanding.
That incompleteness is also part of the joy of reading.
And that seems to be a good place to wrap up...
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