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  • Socha.

  • There's an optical illusion that's easy to fall for, even if you know the trick.

  • The more distant you are from other people, the more invulnerable they appear.

  • You see yourself as you are,

  • with your flaws just as clear as your successes,

  • but you see most other people on their terms,

  • only from the side they present to the world.

  • And at first glance they've got everything figured out,

  • with everything set in stone,

  • securely embedded in their community,

  • wrapped up with their loved ones,

  • their lives like a finished work of art.

  • But it's only just a trick of perspective,

  • because you can't see the cracks from so far away.

  • How insecure their footing,

  • how malleable they really are.

  • How many years of effort went into shaping their persona into something acceptable,

  • how many other hands it took to build their lives,

  • which are still only ever a work in progress.

  • It's the kind of basic human vulnerability that we'd all find familiar,

  • but is still somehow surprising when we notice it in others.

  • It's an open question why we have such public confidence and such private doubts.

  • Maybe that contradiction is what keeps us moving,

  • wanting to be more than what we are,

  • and never be satisfied.

  • Maybe it lets us keep our distance,

  • to avoid too much friction as we brush past each other.

  • Or maybe it's what draws us together,

  • the only irreplaceable thing we still need each other for,

  • just one last excuse to keep stopping by,

  • so we can prop each other up,

  • and remind ourselves that nothing is set in stone,

  • not even who we are,

  • or who we pretend to be.

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ソシャ隠れた他者の脆弱性 (Socha: The Hidden Vulnerability of Others)

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    Jack に公開 2021 年 01 月 14 日
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