STRANGER THINGS……
I’ve just finished watching the first Series of SHETLAND…..captivated I was, by the stark bleak open country, wild, craggy coastline and open sea…..calls me, almost painfully…. such uncompromising beauty beneath a vast open sky.
Many years ago, I took a course in Transcendental Meditation…..it was ok, I followed instructions (a bit like learning your tables at school, by rote)…..nothing changed, I pushed through to the end and was glad to be finishing. I didn’t believe in it.
On the last day a final ritual had to be performed……
Facing my teacher, I followed the Chant he gave me, which involved a particular form of circular breathing…..the Chanting was strange, eerily beautiful. Eyes closed, head bowed, I became at one with the music……
Next thing I felt my great strong wings stretch, lift, reach out and up…..I was airborne, my wings carrying me in strong, effortless beats… no longer in Melbourne, but flying over flat, silver grey ocean, and stark black rocky coastline …..
that place was SHETLAND.
No…..I’ve never been there.