５月３日、東洋一の歓楽街歌舞伎町のお店、Like!SHINJUKUにて、１９名の参加者とともに、Kenji Yoshino著『Covering』の読書会を開催いたしました！
遠くは新潟から来てくださった方、音楽家、経営者、教育関係、学生、映画監督などなどバックグラウンドも多彩な方々と、あっという間の２時間をすごしました。・・・わたしにとっての、昼下がりの情事はこのことなのだわ・・・、Kenji
Yoshinoの音楽のような美しい調べにも似た、美しい殿方へのerotic desireの描写に、参加者からもご自身の体験も絡めての発言があふれだし、本を通じての個人的体験を曝け出すなんて、これぞ悦楽の境地！参加者の皆様の情熱に「陥落」したのでございます。
素材となった『Covering』とは裏腹に、読書会は発言者の意見から、それぞれの個性をdiscoverすることがありました。そう、まるでここはDiscovery Channelのように。
Yoshinoが憲法学者になろうと決意するまでを、いくつかのパッセージにわけて、３つのグループが、協力し合いサマライズする。その「さま」は、今日数十分前に会ったとは思えないような仲のよさ。各グループがサマライズしたものに、またほかのグループがおぎなったり。各グループに英語の堪能な方がいてくださって、本当によかった！Yoshinoの文学的な描写にとりくみながら、参加者みなさんがたがいにcoverしあっていました。
サマライズした内容をふまえて、ディスカッションの種を蒔いて。Yoshinoの文学か法学、どちらを選ぶべきかの葛藤について。「選ばなかった自分自身」（文学を選ばなかった自分）は、「選んだ自分自身」（法学を選んだ自分）に影響を与えるだろうか？という問いかけは、参加者おひとりおひとりに響いたように思えます。。。読書会の醍醐味、悦楽は、著者の考えを読み解くだけではなく、読み手の考えをオープンにし、露わにしてイクことで、生気（せいき）と生気（せいき）が交接してイク瞬間の目撃者になることだと思います。今回、読書会には３名の目撃者（オブサーバー）がいたのですが、これをわたしは目撃の３Pと名づけたいくらいでした。それくらい、このお三人さんの連携プレイが見事で、低音の声でYoshinoのパッセー時を読み上げる1109さん。その声に昇天。
Rebeccaはerotic
desireを今回はcoverしつつの黒子に徹して。ブラジルの国宝、じぇらるどさんも、ペレばりのアシストで、英語を読んでくださいました。
わたしは、19名の皆様が「ひとめあったその日から、恋の花咲くこともある、見知らぬキミと見知らぬキミに、読書を取り持つ、Kimi's
G-Spot!」と桂三枝と西川きよしが脳内でMCしているありさまで、司会に徹しきれずエンジョイマイセルフ…。アカデミックなLGBT活動を標榜しておりますのに、JAROに通報されないか少々心配。
書いてくださったアンケートにもあたたかい反応をいただき、7月最終土曜日に開催予定の第2回読書会や5月11日のKimi's G-Spotローンチパーティへのご参加希望を早くも頂戴しております。ご参加いただきました皆様、本当にありがとうございました！わたしのG-Spotからも、ぜひともよろしく！との悦びの喘ぎ声が届いております。
会場を提供してくださったLike!SHINJUKUのスタッフのみなさま！ほんとうに雰囲気の明るい場で、また次回も！との声もいただいております。文野さん！ご縁をありがとうございます。第1回目の出逢いが、また出逢いを呼び寄せていくことができますように！
『Covering』をとおしてみなさま！また dis“Covering”を続けていきましょう！
On 3 May, nineteen people
gathered to read Kenji Yoshino’s Covering at Like!SHINJUKU in one of East Asia’s greatest
entertainment quarters, Kabukicho.
There were participants who came
as far as from Niigata; there were musicians, entrepreneurs, educators, students,
film directors. It was a very short two hours, as delightful as an afternoon
tryst for me. On commenting on Yoshino’s almost melodic description of the
erotic desire towards a beautiful young man that arose in him, the
participants spoke about their own experience. What bliss in discussing the
book through personal experiences! I surrendered myself to the eloquent passion
of the participants.
The speakers, far from Covering
their true selves, allowed others to discover who they were. The reading group
was like a kind of Discovery Channel of the self.
The participants divided into
three groups and summarized several passages up until the description of how
Yoshino decided to become a constitutional law professor. Each group showed
such cooperation and energy that it was hard to believe they were complete
strangers only a little while ago. The coordination between the groups in supplementing
one another’s summary was also admirable. It was fortunate that there were
members proficient in English, in each group. The participants cooperated with
one another in covering the figurative language that Yoshino uses.
We made use of the summarized
passages as topics for discussion. In connection to Yoshino’s choosing between
literature and law, we discussed whether or not the unchosen selves “bedeviled”
the chosen self; each participant seemed to reflect upon choices they had made or
were not permitted to make themselves. Reading groups can thrill when
participants do not stop at just unraveling the thoughts of the author, but
delve deep to discover the secret places in themselves. What joy in witnessing
the participants come together in sharing their truths. There were three G-Spot
members present at the reading group; the unobtrusive way in which they oversaw
the entire event and cooperated in making everything run smoothly made me want to
describe them as engaging in a voyeuristic threesome. 1109 read the English
passages in a deep voice, and sent shivers down my spine. Rebecca Akelo,
covering the erotic desire she usually exudes, was quick on her feet, made sure
no one wanted anything, and flexibly managed the time allocation for all we had
planned. And the sole non-Japanese, a gentleman from Brazil, calmly oversaw
everything with the charismatic presence of Pele.
I kept repeating in my mind in
the manner of the rakugo comedians, Katsura Sanshi and Nishikawa Kiyoshi,
“From the moment I lay eyes on you, love could blossom; Kimi’s G-Spot bringing
together, through the act of reading, a stranger and a stranger sharing their thoughts
of ‘lucky me!’” I was enjoying myself so much that I was unable to guide
the discussion satisfactorily. I could very well be reported to JARO for not
fulfilling the promise of offering an academic event, as we had advertised.
The participants very kindly left
warm words of encouragement on their questionnaires, and some of them have said
they will come along to the next reading group planned for the final Saturday
in July, as well as to the website’s launch party on 11 May. A great big thank
you for everyone who took part in the reading group. You have filled Kimi’s
G-Spot with incomparable joy. We would also like to thank the staff of
Like!SHINJUKU. It was so fortunate that we were able to hold the reading group
in such a comfortable space, and there has been a call to hold the next
gathering at the same venue. Fumino san, thank you for bringing us all together!
My wish is that this gathering will lead to other wonderful chances to get to
know people. Let us continue dis’covering’ through Covering!
Kimi
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