empathy

the rehearsal:

steps of empathy.

1. how would I feel if that happened to me (aka impressed by second day presentation skills) → put on actor’s costume, but still inherently himself.

2. how do they feel based on their personal history, philosophy, motivations, moral judgement, etc. → embodying the actor’s character

I think what differentiates humans from animals is the capability of recognizing that I am a small part of something greater: whether a soceity, community, or even the whole universe. To recognize I am merely a millionth of that unseeable whole. But perhaps to live is to contribute to that greater whole. Scientists may do science for selfish reason

gratitude journal type shiii

1. My Mother

   Kindness, desire for knowledge, unconditional love. Despite the generations of mothers in my family who did not treat their daughters kindly, her resilience to break the cycle by showering me with love. I may have been born evil, yet I owe it to her love and care for me that I have grown up into a half-decent hu

on treating others

no matter how they seem to fit a stereotype of a “bad person”, i always try to treat them with the assumption that they are good people. assumption does not mean that i intuitively believe they are good.

rather, decisions and words are based on whether i will regret doing or saying things to a good person (along with minimizing th

nevertheless, i am irresistibly drawn to his novels. i love the way he describes loneliness, i actually lol when a character says something witty, i like how his characters are kind of fleshed out but we only see them in an observatory way, i love how atmospheric instead of explicit his world building of his more magical elements feel, and i love h

folklore of our times gives me that “chrono-sonder” (although a term coined by some random tiktoker, no other word encapsulates this feeling)

we are not told what the ex-gf truly thinks, there is no inner monologue. i don’t completely understand where she’s coming from, but i think i get the feeling. the way she’s a product of her time. and all of h

lemonhope's return to lemon kingdom may be seen as inherently selfish because his intention is to free himself from guilt when his ideal self is to be free. i would argue this is not selfish because the intention lies in the internal.