writing – Ahnung Way

Ma*: In the Water, I Learned to Listen

I learned early in life how to be in the water. When I was six years old, my mother enrolled my siblings and me in swimming lessons after my brother nearly drowned in a pool in Thailand. What began as a protective act by my mother became a path that shaped me as a youngContinueContinue reading “Ma*: In the Water, I Learned to Listen”

Playing the Space Between: Ma on the Pickleball Court

I first learned about the Japanese philosophy of Ma from my taiko drumming teacher. The first time I watched a taiko performance, I found myself deeply moved at a vibrational level—the power of witnessing Asian women on stage taking up space, being loud in a way that wasn’t noise or chaos. What made it soContinueContinue reading “Playing the Space Between: Ma on the Pickleball Court”