Detour

"Detour" is inspired by the poem "Autobiography in Five Chapters" from the Tibetan Book of Living and Dying. The poet takes several trips down the same street, falling down the same hole despite his intentions to avoid it. One day he decides to simply go down a different street. "Detour" is the repeated journey you take through that “shortcut” that always leads you down a longer road. You know you need to take another street, but you just need a few more trips down that one before you learn y...

"Detour" is inspired by the poem "Autobiography in Five Chapters" from the Tibetan Book of Living and Dying. The poet takes several trips down the same street, falling down the same hole despite his intentions to avoid it. One day he decides to simply go down a different street. "Detour" is the repeated journey you take through that “shortcut” that always leads you down a longer road. You know you need to take another street, but you just need a few more trips down that one before you learn your lesson.