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A story about forgiveness, healing and love taking place around a small book store in the countryside.A story about forgiveness, healing and love taking place around a small book store in the countryside.A story about forgiveness, healing and love taking place around a small book store in the countryside.
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Performed by Kwak Jin Eon
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A Poem From🍵Winter's Warmth °Outstanding°
WTWIF, though it mainly takes place in winter, is like a caressing summer breeze. Be still, and let it flow over and around you. It is about loneliness and togetherness, as well as pain and healing.
One could say that a theme of the show is to 'Come In From The Cold.' Tied into that is what is required to come in from the figurative cold: Expressing ourselves and our feelings. Family and loved ones should know about each of us. Those that take their feelings to the grave remain in frigid, gloomy isolation.
The words "warm" and "cold," along with their variations, are ubiquitous in this series. The concepts of warm and cold are visually represented over and over again, via the weather, beverage choices, families or individuals, blankets, coats, or shoes. They weren't stingy with it.
The director wasn't stingy with quality, craft, or scattered, beautiful little radiating embers like glowing gems. For example, Ep3 lays out an allegory for the show in the book club scene. In 'The Legend Of The Silver Fox's Eyebrow,' the fox lends his eyebrow to a person who cannot find a real human. The eyebrow, when looked through, would reveal the true nature of the person being observed. There were pigs, weasels, and rats, but no genuine humans were found. Imagine the fear that might escalate due to that non-discovery. In EP15, Mok Hae-won will express her version of this tale.
This series has a unique vibe, like the feel of an indie film. (Except for the scenes involving Hui:) The soundtrack is often silence or just a few scattered low, subdued cords. The cadence is slow, at least for 14 episodes. Episodes 15 & 16 aren't necessarily fast paced, but they are jammed packed. The series seems to be moving at Eun-seob's pace: Plodding, but steady.
Somewhere around EP7 we're given reason to wonder what could be in the next 9 episodes? However, by EP15, what came to mind was: Is it almost over already?!!?? :( What's even happened since EP7?.....? ---> Charming small town life has happened, along with the subdued every day conflicts that don't seem like high drama unless one is living them out.
Speaking of small town life, what's really special about Jang-woo is that he understands himself and what he wants. This helps him to be content which is the #1 ingredient for happiness. He chose his hometown over the glamour of Seoul. He knows to keep it simple. While we know he's smart, he is also the wisest of them all. He is the #1 pillar in this show.
Another delight is Hui, who is full of life and joy. She's simply happiness on a bicycle. Her exuberance cannot be squelched. Her energy is boundless. She can't be stopped, the targets of her affection are learning. While we can't rely on Hui's logic... {Lil sis: If everyone at school hates me, he should be the one that likes me. Mae: Is that how it works? Lil sis: of course it is!} ... Perhaps we could benefit from one of Hui's mantras: "That hurts my pride. It really hurts my pride. It hurts my pride SO MUCH!!" Get it out. Expel it! Then move on.
Genetics, and the concept of family are touched on- a couple times overtly, but mostly implied. Im Eun-seob's uncle talked about what's in the family blood. He states it can't be denied, and pushes hard for Eun-seob to go away with him. This sets up the direct comparison of IES's family to MHW"s family and their issues.
Several of the townspeople took delight in belittling IES because they passed judgment, calling his parents hobos. His mother was having none of that. She resists when they dispatch IES to rescue people lost in the mountain, saying they care nothing about him or putting him in danger. Another time, she declares that she's decided to love IES more to avoid any perception of playing favorites. Her motherly love for IES is absolute, and she never hesitates to express it. She's pillar #2.
There is mirroring, especially between MHW, Mom, and Aunt. MHW mirrors both of them and they mirror each other. There's many metaphors as well. When IES took MHW to her childhood home, she commented that she heard it had fallen into ruin, which is a metaphor for the family. It continues through Mom, who informs that she fixed the house up "well," and sold it "well." That fix-up process has begun for her family too. The metaphors can be used as a link between characters. MHW is shown as connected to her mother and her aunt via lollipops and sunglasses. They don the sunglasses to hide their hurt. Lollipops appear to be an attempt to self comfort, like having something sweet when life turns bitter.
MHW is drawn to IES like a weary traveler to a cozy seat by the hot coals. IES is always wrapping a coat, blanket, or his arms around her. She can't get enough of it. After MHW finds out the miserable truth about her family history, she runs away to be alone with her thoughts. IES finds her on a bench, and wraps his coat around her as the camera pans down to a small heater. He holds her: Warmth. Such comforting warmth.
If one thinks about it, warmth is simple. Coldness is complicated. ((Simplifying)) is another theme of the show. Think: Jang-woo.
The Maze Of Sisterfield... The topic of domestic violence is addressed in ISYWTWIF. We witness a woman in the hospital who is days away from death, and even she has bruises from a recent beating. In typical fashion, she lies about it. We see a harsh climate that yields no space for compassion or pity for these women, only cold condescension. It is a commentary on the collective, not on the women as individuals.
Severe, or continuous pain can change a person. Like forgetting how someone looked when they were young, a person in chronic pain can forget what it's like to be well. After awhile, many that suffer longstanding pain struggle with desiring to be healed because they cannot visualize it. I've witnessed this. One cannot have a goal that he/she cannot understand, perceive, or are too deflated to carry out.
The ones that love MHW are unable to communicate it. They don't even think they deserve it. They are icicles, lined up next each other but they never come together. When the weather is fine, they have to melt to combine as water. Then they can flow together.
Mom was trying to protect everyone, but only ended up isolating everyone for a very long time. Her motivation was love, but she failed to express it. Mok Hae-won rightly told her: "If we're family, we should share the pain together."
Bo-yeong muses that no relationship is flawless, but we can eat on a table that has a crack. Stress cracks are bound to form in relationships over time. We hurt each other, apologize, forgive each other and move on. That's how we live. Everyone needs to find their space in which to live.
Hopefully, Aunt and Crybaby will find their space. How STUBBORN can a person be, especially when it's to their detriment? The show does tell us that some people never let go of the white-knuckled grip they have on their emotions. Aunt is self censured, and resigned to carrying out the sentence she required of herself: Denied love and marriage, denied medical treatment and pain relief, shaded from the world and most human interactions. She treats Crybaby just as she treats herself. If she is going to deny herself and live in misery, then Crybaby will just have to accept it. He is more special to her then she will acknowledge. If she truly lets him go for good, she will regret it.
Aunt shows further evidence of a defrost when she implores Mom to write a letter to MHW. Aunt warns Mom that her motivations will remain a secret forever if she doesn't explain them. Communication must begin. Then healing is sure to follow.
The director dedicated extended screen time to celebrate the arrival of spring. At one point, MHW says that she can tell it's getting warmer because her breath is only fogging up half the distance that it used to do. The rain starts. Thunder rumbles. Vivid green buds cover the trees. Everybody is talking about the beautiful weather. Spring will welcome hope & simplify triumphs.
Oh Dear, I've called this series a poem. We learned the difference between poetry and prose from #2Unicorn. Did I already forget?
Okay, review: In the simplest terms, prose is everyday writing. It covers all the different types of writing you read daily, from blogs to articles to novels
While prose is writing, poetry adds artistic style to writing. Poetry is all about vivid imagery and rhythm. It works to make you feel something or drive a point home. Poetry writers select their structure, rhyme scheme, pattern, and words with the purpose of arousing emotion.
Nope, it's a poem.
Quotes:
(((Warmth))) It's when my cold hand touches your cold hand and we both become warm. It's one of loneliness meets loneliness and becomes cozy. It's when sadness meet sadness and becomes happiness. It's when cold breeze meets cold breeze and becomes soft snow. That is Warmth.
(((Make a choice))) If you cannot just love, you can just not give your heart, you can just give up on the happiness you would gain from loving.
Happiness and unhappiness are like the sides of a coin. If you don't become happy, there is no reason to become at unhappy. If you don't possess you cannot lose, you can just disappear from that certain person's sight forever.
I also did a spoiler review
🍈
One could say that a theme of the show is to 'Come In From The Cold.' Tied into that is what is required to come in from the figurative cold: Expressing ourselves and our feelings. Family and loved ones should know about each of us. Those that take their feelings to the grave remain in frigid, gloomy isolation.
The words "warm" and "cold," along with their variations, are ubiquitous in this series. The concepts of warm and cold are visually represented over and over again, via the weather, beverage choices, families or individuals, blankets, coats, or shoes. They weren't stingy with it.
The director wasn't stingy with quality, craft, or scattered, beautiful little radiating embers like glowing gems. For example, Ep3 lays out an allegory for the show in the book club scene. In 'The Legend Of The Silver Fox's Eyebrow,' the fox lends his eyebrow to a person who cannot find a real human. The eyebrow, when looked through, would reveal the true nature of the person being observed. There were pigs, weasels, and rats, but no genuine humans were found. Imagine the fear that might escalate due to that non-discovery. In EP15, Mok Hae-won will express her version of this tale.
This series has a unique vibe, like the feel of an indie film. (Except for the scenes involving Hui:) The soundtrack is often silence or just a few scattered low, subdued cords. The cadence is slow, at least for 14 episodes. Episodes 15 & 16 aren't necessarily fast paced, but they are jammed packed. The series seems to be moving at Eun-seob's pace: Plodding, but steady.
Somewhere around EP7 we're given reason to wonder what could be in the next 9 episodes? However, by EP15, what came to mind was: Is it almost over already?!!?? :( What's even happened since EP7?.....? ---> Charming small town life has happened, along with the subdued every day conflicts that don't seem like high drama unless one is living them out.
Speaking of small town life, what's really special about Jang-woo is that he understands himself and what he wants. This helps him to be content which is the #1 ingredient for happiness. He chose his hometown over the glamour of Seoul. He knows to keep it simple. While we know he's smart, he is also the wisest of them all. He is the #1 pillar in this show.
Another delight is Hui, who is full of life and joy. She's simply happiness on a bicycle. Her exuberance cannot be squelched. Her energy is boundless. She can't be stopped, the targets of her affection are learning. While we can't rely on Hui's logic... {Lil sis: If everyone at school hates me, he should be the one that likes me. Mae: Is that how it works? Lil sis: of course it is!} ... Perhaps we could benefit from one of Hui's mantras: "That hurts my pride. It really hurts my pride. It hurts my pride SO MUCH!!" Get it out. Expel it! Then move on.
Genetics, and the concept of family are touched on- a couple times overtly, but mostly implied. Im Eun-seob's uncle talked about what's in the family blood. He states it can't be denied, and pushes hard for Eun-seob to go away with him. This sets up the direct comparison of IES's family to MHW"s family and their issues.
Several of the townspeople took delight in belittling IES because they passed judgment, calling his parents hobos. His mother was having none of that. She resists when they dispatch IES to rescue people lost in the mountain, saying they care nothing about him or putting him in danger. Another time, she declares that she's decided to love IES more to avoid any perception of playing favorites. Her motherly love for IES is absolute, and she never hesitates to express it. She's pillar #2.
There is mirroring, especially between MHW, Mom, and Aunt. MHW mirrors both of them and they mirror each other. There's many metaphors as well. When IES took MHW to her childhood home, she commented that she heard it had fallen into ruin, which is a metaphor for the family. It continues through Mom, who informs that she fixed the house up "well," and sold it "well." That fix-up process has begun for her family too. The metaphors can be used as a link between characters. MHW is shown as connected to her mother and her aunt via lollipops and sunglasses. They don the sunglasses to hide their hurt. Lollipops appear to be an attempt to self comfort, like having something sweet when life turns bitter.
MHW is drawn to IES like a weary traveler to a cozy seat by the hot coals. IES is always wrapping a coat, blanket, or his arms around her. She can't get enough of it. After MHW finds out the miserable truth about her family history, she runs away to be alone with her thoughts. IES finds her on a bench, and wraps his coat around her as the camera pans down to a small heater. He holds her: Warmth. Such comforting warmth.
If one thinks about it, warmth is simple. Coldness is complicated. ((Simplifying)) is another theme of the show. Think: Jang-woo.
The Maze Of Sisterfield... The topic of domestic violence is addressed in ISYWTWIF. We witness a woman in the hospital who is days away from death, and even she has bruises from a recent beating. In typical fashion, she lies about it. We see a harsh climate that yields no space for compassion or pity for these women, only cold condescension. It is a commentary on the collective, not on the women as individuals.
Severe, or continuous pain can change a person. Like forgetting how someone looked when they were young, a person in chronic pain can forget what it's like to be well. After awhile, many that suffer longstanding pain struggle with desiring to be healed because they cannot visualize it. I've witnessed this. One cannot have a goal that he/she cannot understand, perceive, or are too deflated to carry out.
The ones that love MHW are unable to communicate it. They don't even think they deserve it. They are icicles, lined up next each other but they never come together. When the weather is fine, they have to melt to combine as water. Then they can flow together.
Mom was trying to protect everyone, but only ended up isolating everyone for a very long time. Her motivation was love, but she failed to express it. Mok Hae-won rightly told her: "If we're family, we should share the pain together."
Bo-yeong muses that no relationship is flawless, but we can eat on a table that has a crack. Stress cracks are bound to form in relationships over time. We hurt each other, apologize, forgive each other and move on. That's how we live. Everyone needs to find their space in which to live.
Hopefully, Aunt and Crybaby will find their space. How STUBBORN can a person be, especially when it's to their detriment? The show does tell us that some people never let go of the white-knuckled grip they have on their emotions. Aunt is self censured, and resigned to carrying out the sentence she required of herself: Denied love and marriage, denied medical treatment and pain relief, shaded from the world and most human interactions. She treats Crybaby just as she treats herself. If she is going to deny herself and live in misery, then Crybaby will just have to accept it. He is more special to her then she will acknowledge. If she truly lets him go for good, she will regret it.
Aunt shows further evidence of a defrost when she implores Mom to write a letter to MHW. Aunt warns Mom that her motivations will remain a secret forever if she doesn't explain them. Communication must begin. Then healing is sure to follow.
The director dedicated extended screen time to celebrate the arrival of spring. At one point, MHW says that she can tell it's getting warmer because her breath is only fogging up half the distance that it used to do. The rain starts. Thunder rumbles. Vivid green buds cover the trees. Everybody is talking about the beautiful weather. Spring will welcome hope & simplify triumphs.
Oh Dear, I've called this series a poem. We learned the difference between poetry and prose from #2Unicorn. Did I already forget?
Okay, review: In the simplest terms, prose is everyday writing. It covers all the different types of writing you read daily, from blogs to articles to novels
While prose is writing, poetry adds artistic style to writing. Poetry is all about vivid imagery and rhythm. It works to make you feel something or drive a point home. Poetry writers select their structure, rhyme scheme, pattern, and words with the purpose of arousing emotion.
Nope, it's a poem.
Quotes:
(((Warmth))) It's when my cold hand touches your cold hand and we both become warm. It's one of loneliness meets loneliness and becomes cozy. It's when sadness meet sadness and becomes happiness. It's when cold breeze meets cold breeze and becomes soft snow. That is Warmth.
(((Make a choice))) If you cannot just love, you can just not give your heart, you can just give up on the happiness you would gain from loving.
Happiness and unhappiness are like the sides of a coin. If you don't become happy, there is no reason to become at unhappy. If you don't possess you cannot lose, you can just disappear from that certain person's sight forever.
I also did a spoiler review
🍈
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