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“Just the fact that I am alive now “You are the absolute strongest” - Lee Oisoo Like our relics that remain unchanged over time, You, even if you are tormented by the storms of life, remain as you are! If you feel shabby because you don't have a single thing that others would envy, like a good school, a great family, or a great partner, if you feel intimidated next to your friends who have achieved social success, such as getting a job or getting promoted, if you feel exhausted by vague expectations that anything will work out anyway, have you ever thought that maybe it's because of the confidence that's shrinking inside you? Author Lee Oisoo and artist Jeong Taeryeon, who created 『Haak Haak』, 『Women Don't Know Women』, and 『Abulryu Sibulryu』, present a collection of essays with the subtitle, "How to Confront Life Head-on," to convey a message to everyone living in our time. It contains 149 essays by Lee Oisoo, who stands out for his keen insight into the world, and 37 detailed paintings by Jeong Tae-ryeon, which capture the soul of our relics that have endured the arduous passages of time and preserved their traditional beauty. In addition, the adorable icons of Park Kyung-jin, who soften the solemn weight of the exquisitely harmonious text and illustrations, provide wit and humor, and the commentary on the artifacts by cultural heritage critic Kim Dae-hwan included at the end of the book is enough to remind us of the preciousness of our history, tradition, and culture. This book, consisting of 10 chapters starting from the head, moving on to the eyes, mouth, stomach, feet, and finally the heart, is filled with words and pictures that will give strength to those who are struggling to live a weary life on this earth. What runs through the hearts of the two writers who have been close friends for nearly 30 years is the fact that, no matter what anyone says, “Just the fact that you are alive now makes you an absolute powerhouse.” Just as relics that have endured for thousands of years, fighting the ravages of life, retain their own unique beauty, we are all, at this very moment, possessing an unwavering spirit and an 'absolute strength.' * Go to related video |
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Chapter 1: The distance from the brain to the heart is the greatest.
You can't love with your head | Reflection will make you progress, and excuses will make you regress | Elementary school humor | For the morning | There is a distorted me in the distorted mirror | There is a proverb that says that the pride of the poor is more frightening | You are the last news | There is no free lunch in God's dictionary | Searching for a fight, 30,000 miles | Sowing | Internal energy | Thirst and deficiency | True love | The truth of Baesu | You are lonely too
Chapter 2: Close your physical and mental eyes, and open your heart and soul.
Wise and merciful God | Please give me back my tuition | I am not a Namasauldok-o-geo-ji | Food and dreams | For romance | Enlightenment | The sun has no master | Secret | Cosmetics | Do not consider others' misfortune as your happiness | The age of plastic surgery | The possibility of love | Love is I | Love is II | A bird named Wonchu does not lower its own dignity because of its food | The order of the hands
Chapter 3: Even if your mouth is crooked, let's speak straight.
To Youth I | It's just not the right time | Taste | Longing in the palm of your hand | To Youth II | What's the use of thinking about what you've learned when you get older | The weight of time | I got it wrong | A rip-off | Ignored | Oh my! | Qualifications of a drinker | I guess I'm not mature enough | Pain and tears
Chapter 4: Watering Dry Chests
Even if the Earth is destroyed, longing remains | God and God | Always on my side | The power of a three-tiered belly | Success worse than failure | Longing spoils the taste of food | It will wet your heart | Turtles are disadvantaged if they are fast | Dignity | What governs all life | Lookism | It is not a fault that the packaging is beautiful | Eyes | The problem is alcohol
Chapter 5: The Sound of a River Flowing Through Your Palms
A quack patient | Staying up all night writing | Masterpiece | Writer and reader | Shall we share a rice cake? | People like this usually don't have lovers | When your heart is crooked, the whole world looks crooked | Past life | The Republic of Korea is a republic of academic ties | Wife | Don't you want to go to the sea? | Life partner | Apology | An embarrassing and painful time
Chapter 6: Let's fill our brains, not just our stomachs.
Dawn's afterimage | I trusted everything when I was young | Are you a real friend | Because of that guy's feelings | Useless boasting | What crime did I commit | The lord of all creation | Longing | The expiration date of patience | Overcoming cigarettes | A heart-fluttering name | Getting older | Don't kill your partner's spirit | My scary wife
Chapter 7: Holding on with your butt
There are things in this world that should not last forever | Rudeness | The villain's end | Why was it like that | Communication toward the universe | Love in a pot | Third-rate conditions | Tastes are different | Obedience is impossible | The terminator of humor | The virgin boatman | Lee Oisoo's interpretation of our folk songs | The phenomenon of the bean pod | Is there anything in this world that is not love? | Is obesity a sin?
Chapter 8: If you're going on a long journey, start with comfortable shoes.
A panacea | Emotion rather than insight | If you misspell, love is also a glass cup | The life or death of writing | Azaleas and rhododendrons | Ugh! | Esop's fables | Letting go | The hungry spirit to the rich | What are they telling you | Rediscovering proverbs I | There are exceptions to every rule | How are you | The qualifications of a human being
Chapter 9: The part where your head touches the sky and the part where your feet touch the ground
80% of what's ruining me is alcohol | Exceptional people | Politicians | Prince on a white horse | Admit it | Eat well and live well | Civilization | Rediscovery of proverbs II | Reasons for getting angry | Sometimes it rains, sometimes it snows | Heaven's way of loving | Life without books | Superpowerful weapon
Chapter 10 From Heart to Heart
The Perfect Human | A Set of 3 Poems | The Misfortune of All Beings | You Are Single | Love Resonates with All Things | Don't Ask Why | The Truth of Love | A Love Affair | Love from a Vending Machine | Ugh, What's the Use of Being Pretty | There's No Formula for Art | The Pain That Splits the Whole Body | No Falling | A World Like a Desert | The Existence of Roots | The Heart of an Old Crane | Until the Day Flowers Bloom
Appendix | Commentary on the Artifacts in This Book - Kim Dae-hwan (Cultural Heritage Critic)
You can't love with your head | Reflection will make you progress, and excuses will make you regress | Elementary school humor | For the morning | There is a distorted me in the distorted mirror | There is a proverb that says that the pride of the poor is more frightening | You are the last news | There is no free lunch in God's dictionary | Searching for a fight, 30,000 miles | Sowing | Internal energy | Thirst and deficiency | True love | The truth of Baesu | You are lonely too
Chapter 2: Close your physical and mental eyes, and open your heart and soul.
Wise and merciful God | Please give me back my tuition | I am not a Namasauldok-o-geo-ji | Food and dreams | For romance | Enlightenment | The sun has no master | Secret | Cosmetics | Do not consider others' misfortune as your happiness | The age of plastic surgery | The possibility of love | Love is I | Love is II | A bird named Wonchu does not lower its own dignity because of its food | The order of the hands
Chapter 3: Even if your mouth is crooked, let's speak straight.
To Youth I | It's just not the right time | Taste | Longing in the palm of your hand | To Youth II | What's the use of thinking about what you've learned when you get older | The weight of time | I got it wrong | A rip-off | Ignored | Oh my! | Qualifications of a drinker | I guess I'm not mature enough | Pain and tears
Chapter 4: Watering Dry Chests
Even if the Earth is destroyed, longing remains | God and God | Always on my side | The power of a three-tiered belly | Success worse than failure | Longing spoils the taste of food | It will wet your heart | Turtles are disadvantaged if they are fast | Dignity | What governs all life | Lookism | It is not a fault that the packaging is beautiful | Eyes | The problem is alcohol
Chapter 5: The Sound of a River Flowing Through Your Palms
A quack patient | Staying up all night writing | Masterpiece | Writer and reader | Shall we share a rice cake? | People like this usually don't have lovers | When your heart is crooked, the whole world looks crooked | Past life | The Republic of Korea is a republic of academic ties | Wife | Don't you want to go to the sea? | Life partner | Apology | An embarrassing and painful time
Chapter 6: Let's fill our brains, not just our stomachs.
Dawn's afterimage | I trusted everything when I was young | Are you a real friend | Because of that guy's feelings | Useless boasting | What crime did I commit | The lord of all creation | Longing | The expiration date of patience | Overcoming cigarettes | A heart-fluttering name | Getting older | Don't kill your partner's spirit | My scary wife
Chapter 7: Holding on with your butt
There are things in this world that should not last forever | Rudeness | The villain's end | Why was it like that | Communication toward the universe | Love in a pot | Third-rate conditions | Tastes are different | Obedience is impossible | The terminator of humor | The virgin boatman | Lee Oisoo's interpretation of our folk songs | The phenomenon of the bean pod | Is there anything in this world that is not love? | Is obesity a sin?
Chapter 8: If you're going on a long journey, start with comfortable shoes.
A panacea | Emotion rather than insight | If you misspell, love is also a glass cup | The life or death of writing | Azaleas and rhododendrons | Ugh! | Esop's fables | Letting go | The hungry spirit to the rich | What are they telling you | Rediscovering proverbs I | There are exceptions to every rule | How are you | The qualifications of a human being
Chapter 9: The part where your head touches the sky and the part where your feet touch the ground
80% of what's ruining me is alcohol | Exceptional people | Politicians | Prince on a white horse | Admit it | Eat well and live well | Civilization | Rediscovery of proverbs II | Reasons for getting angry | Sometimes it rains, sometimes it snows | Heaven's way of loving | Life without books | Superpowerful weapon
Chapter 10 From Heart to Heart
The Perfect Human | A Set of 3 Poems | The Misfortune of All Beings | You Are Single | Love Resonates with All Things | Don't Ask Why | The Truth of Love | A Love Affair | Love from a Vending Machine | Ugh, What's the Use of Being Pretty | There's No Formula for Art | The Pain That Splits the Whole Body | No Falling | A World Like a Desert | The Existence of Roots | The Heart of an Old Crane | Until the Day Flowers Bloom
Appendix | Commentary on the Artifacts in This Book - Kim Dae-hwan (Cultural Heritage Critic)
Into the book
Birds show their utmost concentration and dedication to catching even a tiny insect.
When you do something and the income isn't great, before blaming others, you should reflect on whether you did your best.
When a flaw is pointed out, someone who diligently makes excuses or reasons for their flaw is not a person who can easily throw their flaw into the trash can.
Because the stepping stone to personal improvement and development is not reasons or excuses, but regret and reflection.
Of all the obstacles you may encounter on the track called life, the most difficult to overcome is the obstacle called yourself.
Keep this in mind.
This obstacle is made stronger by excuses and weaker by reflection.
---“Reflection will make you progress, and excuses will make you regress.”
Chapter 1: The distance from the brain to the heart is the farthest
It's natural that time feels heavy when you're young and light when you're old.
But some people look at me and ask why I can't live as fiercely as I did when I was younger.
Isn't it that he wants me to live fiercely for him while he himself is unable to live fiercely?
You are a young man who has no interest in the effort and passion that Park Ji-sung put into soccer, and is only interested in his huge salary and popularity.
It's not too late to say that it's not too late, but what matters is what you choose and how much passion you put into it.
Sometimes I feel like all the gods in this world are not on my side.
But isn't there a case where you absolutely won't help until your strength runs out?
Because that's how I love you more.
---From "The Weight of Time" and "Chapter 3: Even if our mouths are crooked, let's speak straight"
In the old days, elders taught children that they should chew water before drinking it to avoid any problems.
I would like to apply this to writing as well.
If you develop the habit of reading while savoring the texture, charm, and intention of the writing, you will not do the nonsense of reading other people's writing and constantly criticizing them.
It's strange, there are people who misinterpret words that others would normally accept, taking jokes as serious and serious words as jokes.
I understand.
When your mind is crooked, the whole world appears crooked.
Besides, Phew, he thinks he's great.
Just as you will suffer from indigestion if you don't chew your food, you will suffer from indigestion if you don't savor your writing.
Just as you don't eat a watermelon if you only lick the surface, you don't read a book if you only lick the surface.
---“When your heart is crooked, the whole world looks crooked”, from “Chapter 5: A River Flows Through Your Palms”
Snowflakes are falling.
The notes of your song that I could not bring myself to sing are reincarnated as a flock of pure white butterflies, fluttering in the cold wind.
Yes, there is nothing in the world that is not love.
I'm waiting anxiously, barely able to trim the buds of the flowers that haven't bloomed yet, but what am I supposed to do when the weather is so damn cold?
It is more heartbreaking for a plant to bloom a single flower than for a person to shed a single drop of blood.
Damokri is closed because winter is too deep.
The stream is quietly reciting the Heart Sutra.
The sound of snowdrifts falling under the pine trees, even though thoughts are heavy, is there no weight in the heart? Let go!
---「Letting Go」, 「Chapter 8 If you are going on a long journey, buy comfortable shoes first」
The choice is yours.
But when you stand at a crossroads, what you must not overlook is that every choice carries with it responsibility for its consequences.
A moment of obsession can ruin an entire life.
Have you ever waited for a peony belt to try a 3-point blue card and ended up hitting the jackpot with a 30-point blue card?
Even the most insignificant experience, if accepted, can become a valuable lesson worth paying a fortune for.
Life is also not without its ups and downs.
The Go you played can be replayed, but the life you lived cannot be replayed.
When you do something and the income isn't great, before blaming others, you should reflect on whether you did your best.
When a flaw is pointed out, someone who diligently makes excuses or reasons for their flaw is not a person who can easily throw their flaw into the trash can.
Because the stepping stone to personal improvement and development is not reasons or excuses, but regret and reflection.
Of all the obstacles you may encounter on the track called life, the most difficult to overcome is the obstacle called yourself.
Keep this in mind.
This obstacle is made stronger by excuses and weaker by reflection.
---“Reflection will make you progress, and excuses will make you regress.”
Chapter 1: The distance from the brain to the heart is the farthest
It's natural that time feels heavy when you're young and light when you're old.
But some people look at me and ask why I can't live as fiercely as I did when I was younger.
Isn't it that he wants me to live fiercely for him while he himself is unable to live fiercely?
You are a young man who has no interest in the effort and passion that Park Ji-sung put into soccer, and is only interested in his huge salary and popularity.
It's not too late to say that it's not too late, but what matters is what you choose and how much passion you put into it.
Sometimes I feel like all the gods in this world are not on my side.
But isn't there a case where you absolutely won't help until your strength runs out?
Because that's how I love you more.
---From "The Weight of Time" and "Chapter 3: Even if our mouths are crooked, let's speak straight"
In the old days, elders taught children that they should chew water before drinking it to avoid any problems.
I would like to apply this to writing as well.
If you develop the habit of reading while savoring the texture, charm, and intention of the writing, you will not do the nonsense of reading other people's writing and constantly criticizing them.
It's strange, there are people who misinterpret words that others would normally accept, taking jokes as serious and serious words as jokes.
I understand.
When your mind is crooked, the whole world appears crooked.
Besides, Phew, he thinks he's great.
Just as you will suffer from indigestion if you don't chew your food, you will suffer from indigestion if you don't savor your writing.
Just as you don't eat a watermelon if you only lick the surface, you don't read a book if you only lick the surface.
---“When your heart is crooked, the whole world looks crooked”, from “Chapter 5: A River Flows Through Your Palms”
Snowflakes are falling.
The notes of your song that I could not bring myself to sing are reincarnated as a flock of pure white butterflies, fluttering in the cold wind.
Yes, there is nothing in the world that is not love.
I'm waiting anxiously, barely able to trim the buds of the flowers that haven't bloomed yet, but what am I supposed to do when the weather is so damn cold?
It is more heartbreaking for a plant to bloom a single flower than for a person to shed a single drop of blood.
Damokri is closed because winter is too deep.
The stream is quietly reciting the Heart Sutra.
The sound of snowdrifts falling under the pine trees, even though thoughts are heavy, is there no weight in the heart? Let go!
---「Letting Go」, 「Chapter 8 If you are going on a long journey, buy comfortable shoes first」
The choice is yours.
But when you stand at a crossroads, what you must not overlook is that every choice carries with it responsibility for its consequences.
A moment of obsession can ruin an entire life.
Have you ever waited for a peony belt to try a 3-point blue card and ended up hitting the jackpot with a 30-point blue card?
Even the most insignificant experience, if accepted, can become a valuable lesson worth paying a fortune for.
Life is also not without its ups and downs.
The Go you played can be replayed, but the life you lived cannot be replayed.
---「Nakjangbulip」, 「Chapter 10 Heart to Heart」
Publisher's Review
Like our relics that remain unchanged over time,
You, even if you are tormented by the storms of life, remain as you are!
If you feel shabby because you don't have a single thing that others would envy, like a good school, a great family, or a great partner, if you feel intimidated next to your friends who have achieved social success, such as getting a job or getting promoted, if you feel exhausted by vague expectations that anything will work out anyway, have you ever thought that maybe it's because of the confidence that's shrinking inside you?
Author Lee Oisoo and artist Jeong Taeryeon, who created the bestsellers 『Haak Haak』, 『Women Don't Know Women』, and 『Abulryu Sibulryu』, present a new essay 『Absolute Strong Man』, subtitled "How to Confront Life Head-on," which speaks to everyone living in our time.
This is the fourth book by two authors who have been loved by over 1.1 million readers for their essays alone, including 『Haak Haak』 which sold 700,000 copies. It contains 149 essays by Lee Oisoo, who stands out for his sharp perspective on the world, and 37 detailed paintings by Jeong Tae-ryeon that capture the soul of our relics that have endured the hardships of time and preserved their traditional beauty.
In addition, the adorable icons of Park Kyung-jin, who soften the solemn weight of the exquisitely harmonious text and illustrations, provide wit and humor, and the commentary on the artifacts by cultural heritage critic Kim Dae-hwan included at the end of the book is enough to remind us of the preciousness of our history, tradition, and culture.
This book, consisting of 10 chapters starting from the head, moving on to the eyes, mouth, stomach, feet, and finally the heart, is filled with words and pictures that will give strength to those who are struggling to live a weary life on this earth.
What runs through the hearts of the two writers who have been close friends for nearly 30 years is the fact that, no matter what anyone says, “Just the fact that you are alive now makes you an absolute powerhouse.”
Just as relics that have endured for thousands of years, fighting the ravages of life, retain their own unique beauty, we are all, at this very moment, possessing an unwavering spirit and an 'absolute strength.'
Chapter 1, “The distance from the brain to the heart is the farthest,” and Chapter 2, “Close your physical and brain eyes, and open your heart’s and spiritual eyes,” contain criticism and caution against materialism and lookism that we experience in our daily lives. Chapter 3, “Let’s speak straight even if our mouths are crooked,” “Chapter 4, Watering a dry heart,” and “Chapter 5, A river will flow through the lines of our palms,” are filled with writings that encourage the emotions that we have been missing in life.
In Chapter 6, “Don’t just fill your stomach, fill your brain too,” Chapter 7, “Hold on with your butt,” and Chapter 8, “If you’re going to go a long way, start with comfortable shoes,” the author preaches the mindset needed to live life and the importance of love.
Lastly, the confession of the days lived and the pledge for the time to live continue in “Chapter 9, Where My Head Touches the Sky, Where My Feet Touch the Ground” and “Chapter 10, From Heart to Heart,” and urges them to stay alive and hold on ‘until the day flowers bloom.’
December is the month when we wrap up the year and prepare for a new one. Rather than worrying about what we accomplished this year, this book makes us reflect on how much we have grown mentally. It is enough to serve as a guide for life for all those who “hope to live while lighting up at least one soul, even if I cannot become a light that brightens the world.”
Just as our relics have endured for five thousand years, all of us who have lived on this earth for five thousand years must illuminate our own lives in our respective places, for this is undoubtedly the way to establish ourselves as the 'absolutely strong.'
You, even if you are tormented by the storms of life, remain as you are!
If you feel shabby because you don't have a single thing that others would envy, like a good school, a great family, or a great partner, if you feel intimidated next to your friends who have achieved social success, such as getting a job or getting promoted, if you feel exhausted by vague expectations that anything will work out anyway, have you ever thought that maybe it's because of the confidence that's shrinking inside you?
Author Lee Oisoo and artist Jeong Taeryeon, who created the bestsellers 『Haak Haak』, 『Women Don't Know Women』, and 『Abulryu Sibulryu』, present a new essay 『Absolute Strong Man』, subtitled "How to Confront Life Head-on," which speaks to everyone living in our time.
This is the fourth book by two authors who have been loved by over 1.1 million readers for their essays alone, including 『Haak Haak』 which sold 700,000 copies. It contains 149 essays by Lee Oisoo, who stands out for his sharp perspective on the world, and 37 detailed paintings by Jeong Tae-ryeon that capture the soul of our relics that have endured the hardships of time and preserved their traditional beauty.
In addition, the adorable icons of Park Kyung-jin, who soften the solemn weight of the exquisitely harmonious text and illustrations, provide wit and humor, and the commentary on the artifacts by cultural heritage critic Kim Dae-hwan included at the end of the book is enough to remind us of the preciousness of our history, tradition, and culture.
This book, consisting of 10 chapters starting from the head, moving on to the eyes, mouth, stomach, feet, and finally the heart, is filled with words and pictures that will give strength to those who are struggling to live a weary life on this earth.
What runs through the hearts of the two writers who have been close friends for nearly 30 years is the fact that, no matter what anyone says, “Just the fact that you are alive now makes you an absolute powerhouse.”
Just as relics that have endured for thousands of years, fighting the ravages of life, retain their own unique beauty, we are all, at this very moment, possessing an unwavering spirit and an 'absolute strength.'
Chapter 1, “The distance from the brain to the heart is the farthest,” and Chapter 2, “Close your physical and brain eyes, and open your heart’s and spiritual eyes,” contain criticism and caution against materialism and lookism that we experience in our daily lives. Chapter 3, “Let’s speak straight even if our mouths are crooked,” “Chapter 4, Watering a dry heart,” and “Chapter 5, A river will flow through the lines of our palms,” are filled with writings that encourage the emotions that we have been missing in life.
In Chapter 6, “Don’t just fill your stomach, fill your brain too,” Chapter 7, “Hold on with your butt,” and Chapter 8, “If you’re going to go a long way, start with comfortable shoes,” the author preaches the mindset needed to live life and the importance of love.
Lastly, the confession of the days lived and the pledge for the time to live continue in “Chapter 9, Where My Head Touches the Sky, Where My Feet Touch the Ground” and “Chapter 10, From Heart to Heart,” and urges them to stay alive and hold on ‘until the day flowers bloom.’
December is the month when we wrap up the year and prepare for a new one. Rather than worrying about what we accomplished this year, this book makes us reflect on how much we have grown mentally. It is enough to serve as a guide for life for all those who “hope to live while lighting up at least one soul, even if I cannot become a light that brightens the world.”
Just as our relics have endured for five thousand years, all of us who have lived on this earth for five thousand years must illuminate our own lives in our respective places, for this is undoubtedly the way to establish ourselves as the 'absolutely strong.'
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of issue: December 6, 2011
- Format: Hardcover book binding method guide
- Page count, weight, size: 268 pages | 628g | 152*202*20mm
- ISBN13: 9788965743279
- ISBN10: 8965743273
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