Jehol Diary
Do I possess the unfamiliar gaze needed to discover new things within my familiar daily life?
📝ONGO's Reflection
The record left by Yeonam Park Ji-won, the finest stylist of the Joseon dynasty, as he traveled through Qing China. The book's true charm lies not in its being a mere travelogue, but in his cheerful yet piercing gaze, which shatters received ideas. Following his writing, which reads the workings of the cosmos even in a single roof tile or a lump of ox dung, I come to realize anew how marvelous a stage this dull daily life I stand upon really is. On a day when you wish to see the world afresh, unbound by worn custom, I urge you to set out on the road with Yeonam.
"The path is not in some unknowable place. It lies right between the river and the hill."Park Ji-won, Jehol Diary
"길은 알 수 없는 곳에 있는 것이 아니다. 바로 저 강물과 언덕 사이에 있다."
🌱Apply It Today
On a commute or walk you usually pass by without a thought, pick one object you've never really noticed and study it quietly for a full minute. A new curiosity will stir.
