From Wound to Wonder - the Uncanny Gift of Transcending War

Wonder is a child of the wound.

In her poem Wound Is the Origin of Wonder, Maya C. Popa suggests that the English word “wonder” can be related to the German “wunde” (wound). And this relation is more than a sonic resonance, says Alexander Filonenko as he speaks of the shared experience of war and grief in Ukraine.

There is a spiritual resonance between “wound” and “wonder.” Alexander …