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wheel of fortune and fantasy

I'm in the air again. This time, I am going to a special solstice wedding in the mountains.

Outside the window is all clouds. It's dusk, almost night but not quite. Feels expansive while listening to beautiful music.

When I say beautiful music, I mean St. Giga. I've been listening to these St. Giga recordings for over a year now. It feels like a holy combination: ambient music, environmental sound recordings, and poetry. Wow. I'm listening to "Healing in Dream B."

On the connecting flight before this, I watched Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy, a film comprised of three smaller films by Ryusuke Hamaguchi, the same director of Drive My Car. I enjoyed it so much. In my notes, I simply wrote down this stream of words and phrases:


unknowing,
unfolding

once strangers work through grief together

strange but ultimately wholesome

nothing is as it seems

turns upon turns

beauty

I liked all the films, but the second felt most memorable to me. Maybe it was all the unforeseen turns, including up until the very last moment. But I think it was the humor, but not because it was trying to be funny, but because the characters were simply being themselves.