Season opener: Ode to wonder with An Miller

An Miller, Dimitri Leue (direction), Koen Vanmechelen In 2021, Caroline Pauwels wrote a beautiful ode to wonder. A plea to open your senses and let your ideas evolve.  Children are often full of wonder. Why is the sea blue? Why does it get dark? Why is that man bald? Somewhere on the way to adulthood, most of us lose that open-mindedness. Gradually, the fire of curiosity is extinguished: things are just what they are, there is nothing new under the sun. And that is a pity. Wonder gives life color, helps to push our boundaries, and encourages us to question false certainties. In her book ‘Ode aan de verwondering’ (Ode to Wonder), Caroline Pauwels makes an inspired plea to look at the world with that childlike gaze again. An Miller crawls into the skin of Caroline Pauwels. Although she has mainly worked for television and film in recent years, An has rediscovered her love for theater with the remarkable play “Familie” by Milo Rau/NTGent.