I hesitate to recommend books usually but just this morning I finished Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa. I'm struck by how many links there are to what you've been writing about here - the question of value and purpose in the lives we lead, but also the moon question and even cherry blossom! - so perhaps you'll be as moved by it as I was if you haven't yet come across it. https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/sweet-bean-paste-the-international-bestseller-durian-sukegawa/2918696?ean=9781786071958
Thanks so much for this Aine! I hadn’t come across this book so planning to buy and read. We can discuss in due course! Can understand the hesitating re recommending books - it almost feels like there’s too much weight attached to it!
I hesitate to recommend books usually but just this morning I finished Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa. I'm struck by how many links there are to what you've been writing about here - the question of value and purpose in the lives we lead, but also the moon question and even cherry blossom! - so perhaps you'll be as moved by it as I was if you haven't yet come across it. https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/sweet-bean-paste-the-international-bestseller-durian-sukegawa/2918696?ean=9781786071958
Thanks so much for this Aine! I hadn’t come across this book so planning to buy and read. We can discuss in due course! Can understand the hesitating re recommending books - it almost feels like there’s too much weight attached to it!