Song for July

ISBN：9789811419317

Author：Thng Ai Wei

【DESCRIPTION】

If you are reading this now, you must be wondering, why Songs for July? What is July?
Simply a month?

There are many stepping stones throughout each experience, and in each, especially those that we find discouraging or burdening, is a turning point where things change for the better and we realise, hope is not so hopeless after all. July, a mid-month of each year, symbolises these turning points. In this year, the year after or the year before, July is a boundary to what has passed and what is to come, embodying hope and possibility.

This book is thus a collection of songs that my friends, family members and I hold dear, as bookmarks of nostalgia and passion that keep us going through the hard times.
As ordinary individuals like you, we feel burdened and trapped from time to time, and music is one of the ways of relief during such times.

In addition to these songs and our stories are artworks that we created as artists in our own right. With the rising commercialisation of art and prestige attached to it, art has become widely perceived as elitist. However, is this really so?

Seeing my friends' works on social media, my father's doodles every evening, my mum's old handicraft, I've always wondered, why can't our own works be on those very shelves? Is art'elitist? Where can I find a book that reflects art by people from everyday life, like you and I?

And so this book is born. Anyone has the power to love, create and share beautiful things. You, me, your neighbour, your friends, your pet, anyone.

Art is for everyone.

Thank you for supporting this book, and I hope you enjoy the songs and art that my friends, family members and I have to share.

Is there a song that you hold dear?