PRELUDE 07 | Rooted Intuition: Where Divan and Nature Speak as One.
A HunchMaker Prelude.
Our world is loud with advice. It offers us maps, strategies, and proven paths. But the most reliable compass is often the quietest one, a signal that doesn’t come from the noise outside, but from the stillness within.
While filming in the South African wilderness for a larger project on a renowned conservationist, I met a young man named Divan Grobler. Our interview was meant to be a stakeholder talk, a supporting voice for another story. But within minutes, I knew I was listening to something else entirely. I was witnessing a different kind of compass in action.
Divan spoke of a rooted intuition; a profound self-belief that comes not from ego, but from a deep, reverent connection to the land itself. His philosophy is a powerful reminder: when we deliberately quiet the external world and reconnect with the natural one, we don’t just find peace. We tune into a different frequency. An inner voice, the "little hunch," begins to speak, showing us not a detailed map, but a clear picture of where we belong.
This Prelude is a testament to the idea that our truest direction is often whispered to us in solitude, a plan given to us when we finally stop trying to make our own.
My question for our community is this: Where is the one place, in nature or in solitude, where the noise of the world recedes and you can hear yourself think? And what is the one question you would bring to that place this week, if you gave yourself a moment of true quiet?
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Trust the hunch. Find the story.
— Antoine
