live full flavor

noon mul (눈물) is the word for “tear” in Korean. it is made up of two words: “noon“=”eye” 👁️ and “mul“=”water” 💧.

i like that the Korean word for tear shows the human body 👁️ and the universal💧.

we shed eye water 👁️💧 when something moves us deeply.

even though we associate tears with pain, we cry during transformative experiences, happy and sad.

how can small things, actions, or changes help us find or create meaningful experiences?

we don’t have to wait for something big, and we don’t have to feel pressured to take action.

my earliest memories of eye water 👁️ 💧is tasting salt. it reminds me that we are the salt of the earth.

one day, i was wary of all the noise in the world. i wanted to go back to the basics.

so i started noon mul, parodied self-help. its anecdotal and sociological. it examines life as human, where in between moments of profundity there is a mess. living while crying. crying while living. it’s all good.

a drop of water. a tear. salt. savory.

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behind every 👁️💧 is a rich, human story.

live full flavor.