hey, are you korean? for some reason i thought you were of the chinese flavor.
i'm really looking foward to part II. sounds more familiar to me. actually, i think i'll make my own post about the perfect mate. i will entitle it: 76% Perfect Girl For Me -- For Now, Not Forever. whadday think?
You Koreans totally cribbed the three-beings-divided-in-half tale from Plato's Symposium. We were originally six-limbed intertwined creatures that Zeus split in half because he was afraid we were powerful enough to take over Mount Olympus. For a supreme deity Zeus was such a paranoid wuss.
as my know-it-all boyfriend reminded me, yes, it IS indeed from Plato, not a korean folktale. I knew I had heard it somewhere but was not sure.
I was also thinking that I'd written about Murakami a lot lately, considering the fact that I have my reservations about him as a writer and think he's only charming in very little doses, such as this one. I liked only little bits and parts of "Kafka On the Shore"--did not like it as a whole book at all...
It's just the diehard romantic in me that makes me think of these stories when I think of love. =)
Now you can heave a sigh of relief that your know-it-all-(P)latonic-friend confirmed that your know-it-all-boyfriend is indeed correct (not that different civilizations coming up with strikingly similar myths is uncommon, of course -- have you read The Golden Bough? Good god what a great book). So there really isn't any such Korean folktale?
Murakami charming in any dosage? Please reference with page numbers and secondary sources. I just don't get his appeal -- I think his writing and ideas are uniformly lousy -- but I'm still holding out hope that he's someone I'll at least appreciate rather than dislike intensely (say, Todd Solondz rather than Baz Luhrmann). If you're looking for reaffirmation of romance there's a bazillion other reliable places to go.
depends a lot on what you like...if you like surrealist absurdity, try hard boiled...or wild sheep chase...or kafka. but if not, and if you like straight up 20-30-something angsty relationship filled stories, sputnik sweetheart and/or norwegian wood. i think norwegian wood was very popular in korea so maybe it does something for the korean psyche.
this must be in the collective unconscious right now...peppermintyy posted an entry on this story recently! :D It's deceptively simple and crystallized. I was happy to read it again on your blog.
(and I also wanted to tip you off that I posted another music link on my blog, but I think it's expiring in a couple of days ;D)
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hey, are you korean? for some reason i thought you were of the chinese flavor.
i'm really looking foward to part II. sounds more familiar to me. actually, i think i'll make my own post about the perfect mate. i will entitle it: 76% Perfect Girl For Me -- For Now, Not Forever. whadday think?
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Nope, I'm of the Korean flavor. Are you?
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Or maybe the Greeks stole it from the Koreans.
No comment on the Murakami.
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I was also thinking that I'd written about Murakami a lot lately, considering the fact that I have my reservations about him as a writer and think he's only charming in very little doses, such as this one. I liked only little bits and parts of "Kafka On the Shore"--did not like it as a whole book at all...
It's just the diehard romantic in me that makes me think of these stories when I think of love. =)
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Murakami charming in any dosage? Please reference with page numbers and secondary sources. I just don't get his appeal -- I think his writing and ideas are uniformly lousy -- but I'm still holding out hope that he's someone I'll at least appreciate rather than dislike intensely (say, Todd Solondz rather than Baz Luhrmann). If you're looking for reaffirmation of romance there's a bazillion other reliable places to go.
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you know i wouldn't be surprised if there was a similar mythology/tale from korea either.
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a sad story don't you think?
:(
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:'(
hey guboogie, i've been hearing alot about murakami... if your friend only had the time for ONE book, which would u recommend?
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sorry, humpty. =(
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this must be in the collective unconscious right now...peppermintyy posted an entry on this story recently! :D It's deceptively simple and crystallized. I was happy to read it again on your blog.
(and I also wanted to tip you off that I posted another music link on my blog, but I think it's expiring in a couple of days ;D)
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I literally can't catch my breath when I think of her.
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