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Colors of the wind                                          

                                                                                       By Soo Kim                                                         

   There are many colorful hues in the nature. When we behold the beautiful nature, we are used to exclaim in enchantment with the beauty of harmony and co-ordination of various colors. However, I have never imagined if there are hues in the wind all my life.

Long ago, I heard a song called ‘The Colors of the Wind’ by the lad, Oh, Yun Jun who lives in Cheju Island through YouTube. The boy looked very charming with appealing sweet voice blinking his eyes. The lyrics are very poetic with emotion feeling. I was touched with lyrics of the song.  

   The title of the song is “The Colors of the Wind”. When I hear this song over and over again, I feel refreshed and anew. The two words “The colors of the wind’ awakened me from my blunt emotion. I ignored what it meant in my daily life and I didn’t even think about it. The lyrics of the song are as follows:  

“Colors of the Wind

You don't know
How can there be so much that you don't know
If the savage one is me
But still I cannot see
I guess it must be so
And you've been so many places
You think I'm an ignorant savage

Has a life, has a spirit, has a name
But I know every rock and tree and creature
The Earth is just a dead thing you can claim
You think you own whatever land you land on

You'll learn things you never knew, you never knew
But if you walk the footsteps of a stranger
Are the people who look and think like you
You think the only people who are people

Can you paint with all the colors of the wind
Can you paint with all the colors of the wind
Can you sing with all the voices of the mountain
Or asked the grinning bobcat why he grinned
Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue corn moon

And for once, never wonder what they're worth
Come roll in all the riches all around you
Come taste the sun sweet berries of the Earth
Come run the hidden pine trails of the forest

In a circle, in a hoop that never ends
And we are all connected to each other
The heron and the otter are my friends
The rainstorm and the river are my brothers

If you cut it down, then you'll never know
How high does the sycamore grow?

We need to paint with all the colors of the wind
We need to sing with all the voices of the mountain
For whether we are white or copper skinned
And you'll never hear the wolf cry to the blue corn moon

You can paint with all the colors of the wind
All you'll own is Earth until
You can own the Earth and still

   My favorite passages from the lyrics of the song are “Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue corn moon?” and “How high does the sycamore grow? If you cut it down, then you’ll never know” I deeply meditated why the wolf howling looking up at the moon. The wolf is a ferocious wild animal that attacks people and other animals. I suppose that such animals cry out after he sees the beautiful moon in sentiment. I think that he can endure cold gust but can’t endure loneliness. That’s why he howls sadly.  

   Blind parents can’t foresee the future of children who can be successful in life. Like lyrics of the song, they can grow big later. Nobody foretell how great they will be in the future if we spoil their lives carelessly. Some parents are drained of emotion worse than wolf. That’s the reason why they ill-treat their children.  

   We should learn how to love the nature because the nature is our great mentor. We should be humble toward the nature and are responsible for protection of the nature. We should commune with nature. These are a short cut to grow susceptibility and to be overcome with emotion. There are abundant treasures in the nature. We should find out what they are.

   I wonder what the colors of the wind are. I think the colors of the wind are beautiful like rainbow. Let’s think about what the wind works even once at least. I would like to be a flower when I see the wind blow away the seeds of dandelion in the air as an elf. The breeze scatters pollen of pine trees and spread aroma around. The fragrance of various flowers permeates nearby by the wind. The aroma is like herb medicine as tranquilizer to our body. These flowers are gifts from nature. If the wind blows over the sea, it makes the blue waves sparkling. If the wind lingers around bonfire or ember, it makes them to flare up and it leads dark night to light brightly. It makes us to feel touched and to be overcome with emotion.

   Our lives will be very dry and desolate like desert without oasis if there is no wind around us. If we could see the colors of the wind like lyrics of the song, we could become one altogether. How could we become one? I am sure we can become one by telepathy if we can see the colorful hues of the wind. When we look up to one another with ideal of beauty and aspiration to love the nature, we can’t help but become one and spark off in all directions from our burning eyes.  

   If man can’t see the colors of the wind, the wind itself develops into windstorm with mighty force. The wind shakes us to perceive the colorful hues of the wind. We will be happy persons if we have eyes of mind and eyes of spirit to see the colors of the wind. Nature is our best teacher. If we don’t love nature, we can’t see God through it.  

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