> "[His drawings] force us to see childhood not as something that takes place in an eternal present, but as something with as deep a history as anything else that is a central part of what it is to be human."
Absolutely love rediscovering Onfim's drawings thank you for submitting this.
> For every unique survival like these, there are many millions that are lost. Children are continually making creative marks (as any parent with young kids knows all too well — cleaning them up has been a central preoccupation of my life over the past couple years).
When mine started producing art in large amounts, as children are wont to do, I started photographing them all and putting them into an album to preserve them, instead of being buried under mountains of papers.
I hope some day in the future, my kid will be able to go through the artwork and get something neat out of it.
I love falling into sonder - on a bus journey or in a plane, or just people watching in a pub - life of this around us (and before and ahead of us) is just as wonderfully complex and interesting as our own.
Finally watched the video and fully felt chills when I ended it - amazing to consider his life, and also what will remain of me in 40 or less years time...
> "[His drawings] force us to see childhood not as something that takes place in an eternal present, but as something with as deep a history as anything else that is a central part of what it is to be human."
Absolutely love rediscovering Onfim's drawings thank you for submitting this.
Cool site from with more birchbark records: https://web.archive.org/web/20250114034538/https://gramoty.r...
Previous discussion (of Onfim's Wikipedia): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23089343
> For every unique survival like these, there are many millions that are lost. Children are continually making creative marks (as any parent with young kids knows all too well — cleaning them up has been a central preoccupation of my life over the past couple years).
When mine started producing art in large amounts, as children are wont to do, I started photographing them all and putting them into an album to preserve them, instead of being buried under mountains of papers.
I hope some day in the future, my kid will be able to go through the artwork and get something neat out of it.
Nice. Novgorod is a gem for those who are into history and culture, sometimes they call it Russia Florence. I wish one day I could visit it.
If you've got 12 minutes to spare, I highly recommend this video about Onfim by Trey the Explainer. [https://youtu.be/H_nT6EFUZmI?si=RcFJeGjzcjkoVlh8]
But only if you wish to experience sonder.
I love falling into sonder - on a bus journey or in a plane, or just people watching in a pub - life of this around us (and before and ahead of us) is just as wonderfully complex and interesting as our own.
So thank you, I'll watch the video now.
Finally watched the video and fully felt chills when I ended it - amazing to consider his life, and also what will remain of me in 40 or less years time...
Related from a month ago, including discussion of this post's submission at the time.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43706037