I had never seen grammar and tenses, thus language in such a way - a way to empathize others and get empathized. Not until I watched this video and the series that follow. And I have to add that, sometimes talking just isn't enough to communicate with somebody about something which is way too complex to be explained and understood. I did finish the crashcourse literature series, and I did read two of four books discussed in the series. And the reward is overwhelming, so overwhelming that I really want to share the series to more people.
To convey my thoughts and so that is exactly what I have been doing - writing. And that's basically one of the reasons of the existence of this blog. I write and write. Some are posted here and some aren't, simply because not everything is meant to have audiences. And then I start to realize as I read back my writing, I am empathizing with myself in a way. Reading and writing are totally different experience. When I write, I have to be personally involved. But when reading, I feel myself as an outsider, read my own writing as if looking back at myself from another person's point of view. And I stand as this outsider empathizing with myself. It does sound like I have a split personality, but aren't all the authors too have split personality, even personalities.
There is a scene in the recent Great Gatsby movie, where the Nick's doctor asks him to write his thoughts down if he has difficulty saying them out. At the end, the doctor adds, those thoughts written down don't have to be read, probably don't mean to be read, and tells Nick that he can burn them afterwards if he wants to. And that idea of writing down those thoughts that trouble you and burning them, please me. It seems to me fire always has a mystical spiritual effect on human. I have never tried that idea before. May be I should.
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