We are the Beach Boys
I spent the Christmas period watching Beach Boys and reading Murakami’s Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman.
Beach Boys is one of the classics. Some people claim that it has no plot at all. I would say it is a philosophical muse during the summer vacation. Watching it makes you think about life, and makes you yearn for summer and the ocean.
“I think I am lucky to be born in a place where summer comes. Because I feel that summertime is a special time to be alive”-Makoto
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman is another philosophical muse. More for winter, autumn though. My favourite stories in it are: The Ice Man, The Year of Spaghetti, A ‘Poor Aunt’ Story, the Seventh Man and Shinagawa Monkey.
2 quotes:
Sometimes we don’t need words. Rather, it’s words that need us. If we were no longer here, words would lose their whole function. Don’t you think so? They would end up as words that are never spoken, and words that aren’t spoken are no longer words. -Where I’m likely to find it
Can you imagine how astonished the Italians would be if they knew that what they were exporting in 1971 was really loneliness? - The Year of Spaghetti
Anyway, this collection of short stories is also interesting in that some of the stories would later form the basis of his later novels. Continuation, completion of a cycle, whatever you call it…
I guess sometimes, we are just trying to complete a very grand picture. So at this time, we would be working on this corner, another time at the other corner, and somehow, sometime we will join them up, and behold, the masterpiece!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHPkn2S8yw0
I spent the Christmas period watching Beach Boys and reading Murakami’s Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman.
Beach Boys is one of the classics. Some people claim that it has no plot at all. I would say it is a philosophical muse during the summer vacation. Watching it makes you think about life, and makes you yearn for summer and the ocean.
“I think I am lucky to be born in a place where summer comes. Because I feel that summertime is a special time to be alive”-Makoto
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman is another philosophical muse. More for winter, autumn though. My favourite stories in it are: The Ice Man, The Year of Spaghetti, A ‘Poor Aunt’ Story, the Seventh Man and Shinagawa Monkey.
2 quotes:
Sometimes we don’t need words. Rather, it’s words that need us. If we were no longer here, words would lose their whole function. Don’t you think so? They would end up as words that are never spoken, and words that aren’t spoken are no longer words. -Where I’m likely to find it
Can you imagine how astonished the Italians would be if they knew that what they were exporting in 1971 was really loneliness? - The Year of Spaghetti
Anyway, this collection of short stories is also interesting in that some of the stories would later form the basis of his later novels. Continuation, completion of a cycle, whatever you call it…
I guess sometimes, we are just trying to complete a very grand picture. So at this time, we would be working on this corner, another time at the other corner, and somehow, sometime we will join them up, and behold, the masterpiece!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHPkn2S8yw0
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