Whilst the original grief recovery process ended last week, we've decided to work with another unfinished relationship to get into a different mindshift, which will be so useful in life from here on. Admittedly I struggled to find one important enough to process, the only one which I apparently isn't as over as I thought - given my reaction to something on my Instagram feed some weeks ago - is my crushed professional long lasting dream of innocent.
But even if one can grief process that as such it felt a bit awkward and silly - though I have promised myself to never ever feel so passionate about a brand again that I allow it to actually crush my heart a bit - so I settled for a friendship that ended abruptly some years ago. In a hurtful, unexpected way but still not something I really dwell over since people are weird sometimes. And why they say and act in certain ways has nothing to do with you, but them and their experiences.
I think we all felt much much calmer today after saying farewell to so much pain last week. It was much more a matter of fact to read and share today. We were all grounded and empowered.
And for some reason - not only because it was a distinct autumny feeling in the air alas - I decided to wear this organic cotton sweater I got some years ago which never really has felt appropriate to wear - and not only because it's beige, analyze that if you will... - with a quote that resonated so much in me when I saw it back then. And still does.
The heart is a compass. And so is the gut feeling. (Also, today was a great hair day, despite the dreaded greys...)
It was so lovely to hear how much we could relate to eachother today, the way we look at relationships and the importance of communication. Again, I'm so very grateful to have met these women. One of life's little miracles. You are not alone.
Which brings me to the wind homage of this post. We're in it together.
These days most commercials leave me either completely uninterested or really annoyed, angry even. Very, very few make me happy, touch me or leave me in awe. But there are some precious exceptions to that rule of indifference and annoyance. And this is one. The Swedish energy company E.on produced a brilliant TV commercial this spring with ingredients that actually brought me to tears.
For you who have read this blog for some time, you know about my love for wind turbines. Fields of wind turbines, wind farms, row upon row of them on hills, in the sea, they are mesmerizingly beautiful to me.
In fact, tall, strong, confident and environmental friendly, one of these gentle giants would make the perfect partner in my book of ideals. Well, at least if it weren't for the not so minor details that the conversations would be very onesided as would the meals, plus zero cuddles to be expected. Oh, I digress.
The ingredients in this commercial that blew me away - no pun intended, really - were;
- the beautiful filming and storytelling
- that they managed to make such a beautiful, melancholic version of a really cheesy, awful Eurovision song contest winner (Fångad av en stormvind/Caught by a heavy gale) that captured both the mood and the energy source perfectly. (The artist that sings is actually the woman in the commercial.)
- the fact that you can apparently go up in the turbines and stand there on top of the world of gentle giants. Yes I know it's for installing, repairing and maintenance, but still I would absolutely love to do it. It went straight onto my dreamy bucket list of things to experience.
You can see the making of the commercial and other clips on YouTube, which will paint a fuller, not so glamourous, picture of it. And needless to say, "Fångad av en stormvind" with El perro del mar is currently one of my absolute favourites on Spotify since a few months.
Thank you heart. Thank you wind. Much love.
A few years ago (six?) the State of Nevada opened its first and so far only wind farm. Its about a 45 min drive away from where I live and is located in my county. At the time I was still working for the county and our office (Economic Development) was instrumental in getting it put through. We attended the grand opening event which was held on site. Part of the event was to include having tours of the turbines themselves. Plus we had permission to go inside and climb to the top of one of them. I was so excited. (I get a kick out of turbines too.) The day of the event we had a summer electrical storm, no rain just lighting hitting the mountains all around the valley. They moved us all into the large utility building for the reception, talks from the guest speakers, and ribbon cutting. All of that was suppose to happen in the event tent which was decorated to the hilt. The tent had air conditioning and grass under the tables. (The grass was brought in.) But the saddest part was for me was that they cancelled the turbine tours. My once in a life time opportunity was lost all because they were afraid that the turbines may have been hit by lighting.
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