I thought all of my Scandinavian baby purchases had me sold on the Nordics but you’re making me want to buy a ticket to Lapland and earn 5 masters degrees
"Instead of holding onto the hope of recreating the past, I’m learning to embrace the beauty of transience — the impermanence of experiences and relationships. Things will never be the same if I try to relive them."
Beautiful, perfect, perfectly encapsulates that aesthetic ideal of mono no aware (もののあはれ). I'm glad to see the final form of this piece!
…osa-aikatyöläinen = yes please…this was a wow piece…i am especially enraptured by the idea that our memories have lives…some last longer than others and they grow in different shapes and emotions over time…i have a handful that still live with me that feel restless eternal…but they will grow older and fade and someday i won’t know that i knew them…
I thought all of my Scandinavian baby purchases had me sold on the Nordics but you’re making me want to buy a ticket to Lapland and earn 5 masters degrees
Hahahah loveee. Did you know Finland has this thing called the baby box and apparently every baby grew up in one 😁
I guess there's a reason they're the happiest country!
"Instead of holding onto the hope of recreating the past, I’m learning to embrace the beauty of transience — the impermanence of experiences and relationships. Things will never be the same if I try to relive them."
Beautiful, perfect, perfectly encapsulates that aesthetic ideal of mono no aware (もののあはれ). I'm glad to see the final form of this piece!
…osa-aikatyöläinen = yes please…this was a wow piece…i am especially enraptured by the idea that our memories have lives…some last longer than others and they grow in different shapes and emotions over time…i have a handful that still live with me that feel restless eternal…but they will grow older and fade and someday i won’t know that i knew them…
Love the way you framed it, “memories have lives and grow in different shapes”. It can almost be another Pixar movie like Inside Out (if you’ve seen!)
Thank you for reading and resonating ✨
…love that idea…