Spontaneous Joy and Bliss!
hugh has this incredible video up on his blog.
I am officially cut off from rss feeds and well blog reading but am glad i made an exception today.
by the end of the video clip i realized i had tears rolling down my cheeks. this went straight to my heart in the best of ways. just to see and feel that spontaneous moment of joy in the most public and mundane of spaces - in between destinations in the day to day activity of transit - was liberating and reinvigorating. i have so much hope and aspire toward something better and i feel such release of emotion when i feel these small acts. so beautiful!
hhhhuhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
so, the german question: “did they had a ticket?”
Great one, love to see more than ignoring-each-others people if I have my next subway-ride in berlin next days… thanks for pointing to thats happening somewhere.
Comment by rene — March 26, 2007 @ 7:13 pm
hahahaha! i want to see you spontaneously start singing some of that berling punk industrial stuff! Wonder if you would get the same reaction from the other riders
Comment by Administrator — March 26, 2007 @ 8:00 pm
Hope you or hugh email this to counterpunch.org for their ‘website of the week’ category.
Singing is so powerful. In my life I have experienced a group of choral singers practicing in the Chateau Laurier (now Fairmont) pool and a young boys choir practicing on a plane to the UK. I also remember a night in the zocolo in Oaxaca City that a well-known singer took the stage and sang - I didn’t know who she was but the local population did and showered her in roses and gardenias. This happens in Mexico, in particular, where some of the mariachi singers are incredibly talented but are not acknowledged. What a special moment these people on the train were privy to.
It is really sad that when special moments present themselves people are so inhibited or caught up in their worries and image that they just don’t appreciate them.
Comment by xtie — March 26, 2007 @ 10:47 pm