🌿 Jin- Japanese Writer / Concept of "Senmoku" and "Mokuba"
Japanese writer exploring silence, distance, and unspoken feelings.
My stories focus on the quiet tension between people - the words left unsaid, the gaze that lingers, the emotions that can't be voiced.
Currently working on Senmoku (選黙), a novel about connection, loss, and the quiet beauty that lives in restraint.
I write to capture the space between hearts - not through dramatic words, but through silence, subtle gestures, and what remains when everything else fades.
── Because sometimes, what we don't say tells the deepest truth. 🌙
🍃 About "Senmoku (選黙)"
While wabi-sabi cherishes quietness and imperfection as a natural stillness,
Senmoku represents a chosen stillness - silence with intent, not absence.
If wabi-sabi is passive beauty, Senmoku is active serenity -
an evolution where silence becomes strength.
🌸 About "Mokuba (黙葉)"
In Japan, Mokuba isn't an existing word - it means words unspoken, yet felt.
It's not about silence as weakness, but silence as truth.
Even without words, our eyes, breathing, and gestures can speak honestly.
Everyone uses mokuba unconsciously, but most people overlook it.
Through this idea, I hope readers who have ever felt unseen or misunderstood
might rediscover the quiet language they already share -
the one spoken not with words, but with presence.
💫 "Senmoku" and "Mokuba" - two quiet philosophies born from silence, where choosing not to speak can reveal the truest form of connection.
🌿 日本語プロフィール
沈黙と距離、言葉にならない感情を描く日本の作家。
作品では、人と人のあいだに流れる「静かな張りつめ」と「すれ違いの温度」をテーマにしています。
現在執筆中の『選黙(せんもく)』は、つながりと喪失、そして"抑えることの中に宿る美しさ"を描いた物語です。
言葉のない瞬間にこそ、本当の想いが滲む──そんな"静けさの中のドラマ"を、物語として紡いでいます。
🍃 「選黙」とは
侘び寂びが「自然にそうなっていく静けさ」だとすれば、
選黙は「自らそう"選んで"いる静けさ」。
沈黙を"強さ"として扱う、現代的で哲学的な美学です。
🌸 「黙葉(もくば)」について
黙葉とは「言葉にされなくても感じ取れるもの」を意味します。
沈黙=弱さではなく、沈黙そのものが真実を語ること。
誰もが無意識に「黙葉」を使っていますが、多くの人はそれを見過ごしています。
これまで学校や職場で言葉少ない友人はいませんでしたか?
彼らは本当に何も伝えていなかったのでしょうか。
もしかしたら――言葉ではなく、「黙葉」で語っていたのかもしれません。 🌙
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Senmoku- Choosing Silence
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