This morning, I enjoyed a meeting on Zoom as usual. Today's topic was about reviewing something/someone anonymously (in other words, whether you can trust various anonymous reviews on Amazon or social media.) Of course, that kind of anonymous attitude can mean throwing one's precious responsibility away. But, that attitude can also save one's precious life, too. Therefore there must be a dilemma for us about this issue, even though in this era various people seem to enjoy disrespecting a lot of "current" things anonymously to kill time only (on X, a Japanese notorious "5ch", etc.)
As a morning activity of mine, I tried to think about how I recognize everything. I see the outside world and also think about myself inside this body... Although my ability to recognize (see and think) things must have its limit (Yes, I am an imperfect human being,) I tend to think that I can see and think clearly - and others can do so, too. Then, how can I think/imagine the things "beyond" the limit of imagination/thought? Should I choose not to say anything more about this(as Wittgenstein taught us in his early masterpiece?) Certainly, I felt my aged grey brain started melting like hot chocolate.
This afternoon, I went to a library and borrowed the book I had been interested in reading (Genichiro Takahashi's "DJ Hirohito" [高橋源一郎『DJヒロヒト』].) I went to the main house of my group home and met a city officer for research. She said that 3 years ago this city had done the same research together. Oh, it could be during the horrible pandemic... At that time, we had to give up various activities in this town. The English conversation class, outdoor activities like parties and festivals, etc... Time flies, and our lives change.
After that research, I just read "DJ Hirohito" until the end of the first chapter. It seems like a very flat or plain product like the Chat-GPT's creation. Caution! I have written, "It SEEMS like". Reading this novel, I can see eventually that this long novel must be like a melting pot of this great author's very rich knowledge (especially from this Japan's history and literature), his complicated life experiences, and also his liberated imagination beyond borders/walls of genres.
