私たちは頭の中で「考える」とき、決して論文のように整然とした筋道に沿って思考しているわけではない。
When we think in our heads, we dont necessarily follow a logical path like a thesis or paper.
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For example, looking back on my own experience of writing critiques, I cant help but feel that its only when an intuition that forms the core of my argument, or a phrase that determines the overall impression of the text, suddenly comes to mind that I finally think, Ah, now I can write.
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In other words, all I had in my mind at that moment were just fragmented images and vague impressions.
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Stitching together scattered fragments to create a coherent and persuasive flow as a whole is precisely the essence of the act of writing.
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However, if we focus too much solely on the smoothness of the flow, we will end up straying from our original purpose again and again.
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Sometimes, the development of a piece takes a different direction from what I initially intended, as if being drawn in by the flow of words.
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Humans cannot always express exactly what they initially intended.
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On the other hand, if you write piece by piece, like stacking wooden blocks, you may end up unconsciously writing things you hadn’t thought of at all at first.
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And strangely enough, its not uncommon for me to realize after finishing writing that, Oh, so this is what I was thinking.
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In other words, thinking is a dynamic process, and it takes shape for the first time through words.
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Our consciousness is always drifting within a web of words and images.
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Words that are born separately become fixed as a sentence there, and only then is what we call thought truly born.
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多くの人は「考えが先にあって、言葉がそれを表す」と考えがちだが、実際には言葉が生まれることによって、初めて考えが形をとるにすぎない。
そのため、言葉の運動が無意識のうちに構築した論旨が、いつの間にか自分の「考え」として定着してしまうという逆転現象が起こるのである。
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