Any Murakami lovers out there?
Just chose a flare because I have to! No real questions or advice 😂
I’ve been a fan of Murakami books for a long time (I’ve read my first book - Kafka on the shore when I was 16 or 17). I love his books, I love the magical nonsense and the fact that every one of his main characters is in a crossroads moment in life and going through and adventure to get out of it. I find it so relatable at a spiritual level!
This being said - I’ve just finished The City and it’s Uncertain Walls. I loved the part at the end where the boy says that it doesn’t matter if the conscious you (makes sense if you read it 😂) is the real you or your shadow - because if you are the one consciously living that you think you are you - and that’s what matters.
I found that the story to me relates to mental health or you losing yourself and where do you go - and that relating to you being a “shadow” of yourself etc. however, reading that explanation at the end - it also made me think about masking. And how so many times we as ourselves (inc in this thread) - who are we really? Underneath our ADHD and our masking. And does it really matter? Because we are the we we are living right now.
Anyway - really sorry for the long (and probably difficult to follow 😂) post! But just wondered if others out there were also captivated by Murakami as I am!
Have a lovely week!