I've been thinking about this for longer than I would've imagined to be frank. The more I think about it, it makes me wonder if eurydice was meant to represent a person in this story.
The idea popped into my mind after heejae and garam broke up, resulting in the broken piano. I thought, what if eurydice was the piano, more precisely the music garam poured his soul into mastering?
If, theoritically, Orpheus represents Garam, the passionate hard working musician, couldn't eurydice be the part of him that found joy and comfort in music, by extention his interest in pursuing it. The piano initially represents his individuality, aspirations and emotional expression, but as his circumstances change, his relationship with music becomes increasingly entangled with Heejae's expectations and influence. In that sense, Eurydice could symbolise not only a person Garam has lost, but also his former relationship with music, his artistic freedom and perhaps even an earlier version of himself. His individuality, his freedom to enjoy music, his university experience and perhaps even his original relationship with the piano, gets indefinitely stolen by the pursuit for heejae's love, for the piece of puzzle that untangles the ropes and lets the arms wrapped around the knife loose.
Was there a Eurydice to retrieve at all in the first place? Perhaps the point isn't to return to what Garam had before Heejae, or what he had during his time with heejae. Maybe its all in the hope of establishing a relationship with music and with himself that isn't defined by what he has lost so far. The story feels less of a tragedy and more of a love letter to garam as more of the story is unravelled, telling him to move on from what hurts him, even if the scars remain, he mustn't approach the pain with wallowing and self pity.
Fuck my chudless life this story has turned me into a philosophical genius. ヽ(`Д´)ﾉ
I've been thinking about this for longer than I would've imagined to be frank. The more I think about it, it makes me wonder if eurydice was meant to represent a person in this story.
The idea popped into my mind after heejae and garam broke up, resulting in the broken piano. I thought, what if eurydice was the piano, more precisely the music garam poured his soul into mastering?
If, theoritically, Orpheus represents Garam, the passionate hard working musician, couldn't eurydice be the part of him that found joy and comfort in music, by extention his interest in pursuing it. The piano initially represents his individuality, aspirations and emotional expression, but as his circumstances change, his relationship with music becomes increasingly entangled with Heejae's expectations and influence. In that sense, Eurydice could symbolise not only a person Garam has lost, but also his former relationship with music, his artistic freedom and perhaps even an earlier version of himself. His individuality, his freedom to enjoy music, his university experience and perhaps even his original relationship with the piano, gets indefinitely stolen by the pursuit for heejae's love, for the piece of puzzle that untangles the ropes and lets the arms wrapped around the knife loose.
Was there a Eurydice to retrieve at all in the first place? Perhaps the point isn't to return to what Garam had before Heejae, or what he had during his time with heejae. Maybe its all in the hope of establishing a relationship with music and with himself that isn't defined by what he has lost so far. The story feels less of a tragedy and more of a love letter to garam as more of the story is unravelled, telling him to move on from what hurts him, even if the scars remain, he mustn't approach the pain with wallowing and self pity.
Fuck my chudless life this story has turned me into a philosophical genius. ヽ(`Д´)ﾉ