The reason I give my voice is not to hear it but to let others do.

Mikel Dufrenne

The French aesthetician says that the utterance is a duo of meaning and texture (tone and intonation) of the voice. The French aesthetician says that the utterance is a duo of meaning and texture (tone and intonation) of the voice. He continues, people can convey something to some other person as meaningful content and something through the texture. So when you listen to someone, you should be careful not to fail to hear it with too much attention to the meaning you should take.  From "Eyes And Ears" (translation by Masaru Kakehashi).

"November 14  2019

from “Oriori no Kotoba” by Kiyokazu Washida, The Asahi Shimbun"