Life is only a part . . . of what?
Life is only a note . . . in what? Life has meaning only joined with many receding circles of increasing space,— life is only the dream of a dream, but waking is elsewhere. So you let it go. Greatly you let it go. —RilkeSydney was once a creative oasis. Now, a housing crisis is 'killing the artists'
LET IT BE
Sometimes, letting someone go is the kindest thing you can do, both for you and them. It's like realising that even though you care about each other, the way things are right now just leads to more hurt.
When you really love someone, you see all the tough stuff they're dealing with, and sometimes, they end up hurting you because they're in pain themselves.
They might be struggling with something deep inside and not even realise it, but it affects how they treat you. Letting them go isn't about being petty or holding a grudge.
It's about understanding that maybe you both need some space to heal and grow on own. Letting go doesn't mean you s caring; it's more about choosing to mo
forward and hoding that evervone finds the peace they need.
You can't have success without some failure.
Han Kang sales bump
I haven't seen articles about the sales bump Han Kang's Nobel win has led to outside South Korea -- though there surely will be some reports -- but there have been several about how in-demand her books are back home.
In The Guardian Ella Creamer reported that Han Kang's books sell out as South Korea celebrates her Nobel prize in literature, while in The Korea Times they have some of the impressive numbers, in Nobel laureate Han Kang's books fly off shelves with over 500,000 copies sold -- as: "About 530,000 copies of Han's books had been sold as of 2 p.m. Sunday", and that's apparently only at the two major online South Korean booksellers.
Meanwhile, Kim Yu-tae's (machine-translated) article at Maeil Business Newspaper notes that: "As Han Kang's book is in short supply, the online secondhand market is infested with the enthusiasm for purchasing a book by a writer"
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