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STORY BEAT · Issue 7

Knowing with Tejiri

From my documentary photo series, Search for Story.

“Knowing with Tejiri” is about intuition, self-confidence and security, within yourself and with other people.

Three portraits of Tejiri in a red plaid shirt

When you meet others, they’re like a mirror. You can learn from people, but you won’t find your actual grounded confidence and intuition just by being around somebody else. You still have to do the work.

Tejiri, in his own words. Watch on YouTube.

Being around such a self-assured, truly explorative, open-minded presence and thinker turns the mirror on yourself, so you pick up from where you are and continue your own journey of knowing.

Tejiri, photographed for Search for Story.

I’ve been thinking a lot about this theme and the word “knowing.” Being in your knowing is a call to live and behave with a healthy sense of intuition: being able to trust it, and knowing the difference between your intuition and fear.