The Seagull Publication Official Literary Folio unveils to you this year's theme, Mono no aware (物の哀れ), or “an empathy toward things,” describes “the awareness of the transience of things and a bittersweet sadness at their passing.” It is derived from the Japanese word mono (物), which means "thing", and aware (哀れ).
It is a sense of the transience of all things in life and this could be possibly be the wonderful feelings as we silently watched the sun in every sunset and sunrise. The way we looked above at night, just to enjoy staring at the thousand beaming lights of stars.
It courageously evokes to us the importance of memory and continuity with the past that once had exist. May we never forget that deeply rooted feelings and emotions as we remind ourselves, that life does not end always with tears, unbearable pains and sad farewells, perhaps, it is the opposite…
