Wonder Anew

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I had an accident

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© Drawing, by Do-yeon TAK, artist and filmmaker. She drew herself flowing down a river and noticing things that were invisible before her accident.

“The river is everywhere.” ~ Herman Hesse, Siddhartha

I debuted the Wonder Anew questions with TAK Do-yeon. TAK’s drawing encourages us to face and ride the river of personal difficulty. With willingness and curiosity to explore our challenge, like TAK, we may begin “to see things that were invisible before.”

“I accidentally cut off my finger…I was walking a fine line about whether I wanted to live or die…My body was exhausted. I packed up and left. I rode a bus and walked without stopping…I thought, let me walk slowly and stop and look…Small details caught my eye. I saw the petals of flowers flying in the wind…This painting came to me on my trip…I saw myself living life by flowing down a river. I let myself go…I decided to flow with life.” Read more…

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Leave a Comment Filed Under: Experience Tagged With: accident, depression, Do-yeon TAK, flow, Herman Hesse, river, seeing, seeing what is invisible, Siddhartha, walking

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