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“I dream. Sometimes I think that's the only right thing to do.”

Haruki Murakami, Sputnik Sweetheart

Haruki Murakami 1987, Norwegian Wood

text id: I want you always to remember me. Will you remember that i existed, and that I stood next to you here like this?

My updated office bookshelf. Recently added, the Doraemon plushie from the @uniqlo collaboration with @takashipom! He is so stinking cute! #murakami #uniqlo #doraemon #funkopop #megahouse #metalfigs #qfig #tokidoki #tsumtsum

what is the best/worst book you've ever read?

My childhood love are the books by Tonke Dragt. She has created the strangest, most fascinating universes, always slightly unsettling but at the same time inviting, and wholly unique.

One book that will always have a special place in my heart is The Bookthief, by Markus Zusak, because that is the book that showed me I didn't have to be ashamed of my love for stories.

More recently, I was very impressed by Kafka on the Shore, by Haruki Murakami. It's a crazy, almost absurd, book, but I was immediatly caught in this confusing, magical world of his.

I also am a fan of Donna Tartt, who's meandering works have never failed to give me wonderful images and inspiration and insights.

The Curse of Sisyphus

If you want to express yourself as freely as you can, it's probably best not to start out by asking "What am I seeking?" Rather, it's better to ask "Who would I be if I weren't seeking anything?" This is how you become free.

-Haruki Murakami, Novelist as a Vocation (2015)

The curse of Sisyphus is in the mindset which entraps, for you are not physically bound to the boulder, nor the hill, and as for the gods - do not fear their retribution. They are fickle, and have long since grown bored of your attempts, and turned a blind eye.

You are free, and yet, you act a prisoner, because that's all you've ever been, and all you allow yourself to be.

Drop your insanity, along with your boulder, watch it roll farther than you have ever pushed it. Set yourself free. Redefine. Repurpose. Rebirth.

-penned by j. m. medna (2024)

Vintage Louis Vuitton x Takashi Murakami Monogram Cherry Blossom Bag

Decided to re-read Pinball, 1973 again earlier today because I was in dire need of some good dragging. LOL. 

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Kafka On the Shore - a book review

this was a very interesting read to say the very least. it was quite enjoyable and it leaves a lot of things for one to think about after they're done. i am not sure how i interpret the events that took place, seeing as some of them are realistic yet some of them are not, but, for now at least, i think that this entire story took place in a non-dream reality. this was all real in whatever universe it took place in. aside from its peculiar and weird general plot, i love the way that the characters were written. they all had something in them that did not affect the main plot line but it made them so human-like and that is why i truly appreciated the characters. in addition to all of these points, something that truly amazes me about this book and generally translated book is that the words i was reading are not written how they usually are. i mean by this that usually when things get translated, the translation cannot capture the beauty of the original words written by the author in the media's original language. it was something that added on to my enjoyment and liking to this book. anyway, i really recommend this book. though some people might find it confusing and boring.   spoilers:  i have seen many people who read this book saying that they didn't find any morale or any lesson learned from the story or something similar to that, i disagree. this book teaches you many things, one of which is to never get too attached to the past. i mean, look what it did to miss saeki. after her lover died, she was no longer alive. maybe physically she was alive but not mentally. she lost her will to live and just carried on as a emotionless living being. there are also many other lessons learned but this one is the one that stood out to me the most

Happy 70th, Haruki Murakami.

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It's been two days since I finished reading Norwegian Wood. It still feels kinda empty, my heart. And surprisingly, I can't seem to jump into another book. Depressing, and beautiful on it's own.

Oh, just one of those days Murakami messed up my sleep schedule.