It's a question posed by Rhaina Cohen, a producer and editor at NPR. In her book The Other Significant Other, published this week, she asks us to imagine if we did.
Getting into Korean culture more over the last few years, one of the common observations I've heard is the confusion from Westerners about platonic relationships, especially with the same sex. "Eastern" cultures seem to have never lost that, and I'm wondering what contributed to Western societies having lost close platonic relationships.
This is lovely. This is important. And yes, friendship is at the centre - be it also that we are social animals..but to reach this sophistication, this melody with another. Poetic, to say the least.
NEED to read this one
Getting into Korean culture more over the last few years, one of the common observations I've heard is the confusion from Westerners about platonic relationships, especially with the same sex. "Eastern" cultures seem to have never lost that, and I'm wondering what contributed to Western societies having lost close platonic relationships.
I will read this again and again as Inlool at my own social health, and those friendships that means so much to me.
This is lovely. This is important. And yes, friendship is at the centre - be it also that we are social animals..but to reach this sophistication, this melody with another. Poetic, to say the least.