small talk

Following recent posts, I’ve reflected regarding small talk. I don’t think it is necessarily dysfunctional. As mentioned previously, it probably doesn’t have the bandwidth to express complicated stuff so it is quite hard if one has a lot of ‘ongoing’ in one’s life. Recently I’ve found it a bit much as it is easy for innocent enquiry to present dilemmas. For instance, if someone asks me about my work or health, I am faced with the option of lying and the tension consequent with that (which worsens my physical conditions and makes me want to flee, pronto) or get drawn into a quicksand of explanation (rather like this blog really!).

On the other hand, unencumbered by too much baggage there is the opportunity to chat quite simply, genuinely, meaningfully, with an economy of words, without treading well worn banalities.