Healing ‘1cm’ in Your Mind This book has been on the best seller list because the book is loved with the wit and snug atmosphere. The book tells us to “Find what you want to plus 1cm to your life about.” It sounds ambiguous. Without serious thinking, when you start reading the book and the more you read it, you will notice the point it is trying to make. The writer Eun-joo Kim works as a copywriter at Cheil Worldwide Inc. She expresses her feelings about life with unique and distinctive ideas. Each story is simple, but makes us think a lot. This book has many illustrations so it is not difficult and it’s good to read when you need to heal your mind. The one word I would use to describe this book is ‘healing’ The suthor speaks to us like our friend and gets us to fall into deep contemplation and consideration. The book ‘1cm’ as wit. It is not a whole story. The contents are divided into short stories. If you feel tired and need to rest your mind, this book will heal your mind. The book doesn’t use complex words. Just with wit, sensibility, and sympathy, the writer tells us the story about our life. The stories feature themes of breaking up, loving, finding, relaxing, getting closer, and dreaming. Each word has its own meaning in the book. We can heal our heart and mind with witty stories. Not only the stories, but also the illustrations are attractive. She wants us to find 1cm which is needed for life. It means small discoveries and changed can make our life happy. The title of this book is also from that thought. We can change our life positively little by little. The author prescribes this sentence for a hysteric person. With indifference and chic expression, she says “It’s not work for saving the earth. You don’t have to be serious like that.” This sentence is simple and not a special spell. You might think that this sentence will not work on the mind. However, when you read this aloud, you might feel your stress begin to dissipate while a smile creeps across your face. I think this is the wit in ‘1cm+’ The reason why this book makes us smile is simple, the small things such as a good word, fun and witty words can make us feel better. With funny jokes and wit, we can afford to add 1cm to our mind.
Yu-Jin Seo  l.l.f@hanmail.net