I was wondering just this week about how we bring forth our own emotions into the world, and specifically how there seemed to be dominant emotion(s) that govern (or support?) the bridges of friendship between two people. You know that friend you vent to or can always laugh with, regardless of circumstance? My mind wonders if the types of friends we have in life are reflective or analogous to the emotions we feel comfortable (or capable) of expressing. THANKS for writing!
Yes! Noticing the dominant emotions that arise in between two people, or three, or a group. I def think it's a reflection of the emotions we're most comfortable with.
And then one layer more, it's interesting noticing who triggers us the most (perhaps people we dont consider friends and tend to avoid), and the emotions they tend to carry = ones we disown.
Just yesterday I was noticing how my choice of words have changed since joining the corporate world. It's only been six months, but I can't get the word "alignment" out of my everyday vocab.
Curious to know: have you had the chance to read Convenience Store Woman? I've been thinking about how the MC adopts the language of her coworkers a lot these days.
I was wondering just this week about how we bring forth our own emotions into the world, and specifically how there seemed to be dominant emotion(s) that govern (or support?) the bridges of friendship between two people. You know that friend you vent to or can always laugh with, regardless of circumstance? My mind wonders if the types of friends we have in life are reflective or analogous to the emotions we feel comfortable (or capable) of expressing. THANKS for writing!
Yes! Noticing the dominant emotions that arise in between two people, or three, or a group. I def think it's a reflection of the emotions we're most comfortable with.
And then one layer more, it's interesting noticing who triggers us the most (perhaps people we dont consider friends and tend to avoid), and the emotions they tend to carry = ones we disown.
Just yesterday I was noticing how my choice of words have changed since joining the corporate world. It's only been six months, but I can't get the word "alignment" out of my everyday vocab.
Curious to know: have you had the chance to read Convenience Store Woman? I've been thinking about how the MC adopts the language of her coworkers a lot these days.
I read a few pages but haven't gotten around to the whole thing! Yeah it's interesting seeing how porous our language can be
Thanks Mel - I really enjoyed reading this one
Thanks for reading Jan! :)