1998年作成。手紙の一部どす。

To Barry Ford

I am greatful for your conscientious letter.hello.Nice to meet you.
I'm a little astonished your story (like tranquil afternoon.)
but I respect for it.but I am so pleased .becauseI duduce you are lively,exciting.
If you feel happy,I 'd like to be happy too. If you feel sad way,I feel sad way.
but,I make you feel happy that you've enjoying our company.

The topic to my close story,Since my mother had died at 19-year-old,at
that time I decided todirect for the medical direction.so I am student again
and manage for net company with my business friend in Japan now a days.
(I have a web page,too but it is a Japanese version,but you can see the part
of my page in English.If you see my page in Japanese,
please go to Website

At that time, I am student for Gakushuin university.This colledge which was,
before Pacific war, a school of noble,and I left school without completing the
course in 1. Fortunately, I receive the favor now also extremely as being
blessed for an encounter close person

I dare say that I love the way what you are tremendously, without knowing
you so much. But I warn you that this my imagination, maybe, has nothing
in common with the one you are looking for (or : with the one you imagine
would be good for you). Surely our encounter is necessary, as I say in the
first (t, anyway, the other) letter. But let's discover one another slowly, in
a relaxed way. I am extremely afraid of your profound admiration. To confess
you one of my defects, I am always afraid when I think that somebody needs
me. It means that you have put a lot of expectations on me, and that you are
quite likely to be disapointed. I wished only to bring you joy, clarity, care, and
now I see that sadness, melancholy, tears, might begin.

Please do not jump alive in the fire, if for you I am like fire ! Or do not accuse
later the fire that has burnt you, though it wished only to give you good heat and light.

I am sorry, you could not understand I told well you to answer your intention.
. Maybe my english is not good enough, or I am going to alluding to some expression,
but it is quite unclear to you.

Anyway, I was usedﾂ right to be very careful about the body. What I find
very interesting is to try and understand the connexion between body and
mind,and this is what Nietzsche tried to do.(I have resumed those books.) Many
psychological problems, that are the source of wrong ideas, are closely connected
with bodily disfunctionnings. It is true that if we were a bit more careful about, for
example, the food we eat, we'd surely get rid of many forms of mental frustration
that cannot be dealt with psychologically.

Anyway, as a conclusion, one of the most important things in Nietzsche's
writings, (I think and I 'd like to say to you), is this paradoxical idea
that the weak can have the power to destroy the strong. It means that
someone like you, who surely belong to the strong category (strong, adventurous
thought, not afraid of paradoxes, not clinging to comfortable opinions, not afraid
of strong friends), could be harmed by weak people, whose main business is to make
others as sick and sad as themselves. The only way to fight back is vancer
masqu, as Descartes said, to come forth bearing a mask. I mean, not to be
to sincere and open with the stupid and violent people, hide one's qualities
(please remember Spinoza's life ! ), and another remedy make connexions with
the other strong people. If you go along well, it will enhance your strength up
to the point when you become able to resist the influence of the weak ; even
if you do not get along well, there can be some benefit, or at least they
will not harm you. The strong people have no hatred and jealousy, though
they can get angry at times.

Bye, my coming friend, and sorry for those too many words you showed me such
trust that I felt compelled to say all that. Now, if you are not disgusted,
we can go on in another style, a lighter one if you prefer, or at least, as
you seem to like, go straight to the essential point without so much
elaboration.

I keep you in my heart, an ocean within another one. I promiss we must to be
friend some day.

ps I'd like you to know my perceptions.If you have free time.you tell me you
circumstance,school....


To spain,Yours faithfully,

Takayoshi Shiotani