Thank you all for the nice birthdaywishes, and those who have send me a birthdaygraphic: thanks a lot too. You can find them at my seasonsite. (You know.)
In times like these it's almost impossible to get rid of that underlying layer of stress.
(And adding to it some disrespectful judgmental person who has pleasure in hurting others).
It's the unability to change a situation, the dependence of the opinion of others, and the feeling that whatever is said can be explained either the good or the wrong way.
It's the dirt in the minds of others which can destroy a family.
In times like these I'd rather find myself between the trees in the woods, or walking on the beach near sea, than between the laundry and all the chores. But there is no choice.
So it's letting loose what stumbles through the mind, let go of thoughts that walk in and cause a feeling of trouble, and also let go of those thought that straigthen ones back. No need to stand firm today, than to be a mom to my kids.
That means that music finds a way, and the images of people of the past linger in a corner of my mind.
Was it just a coincidence I sat on my bed to fold large piles of socks, or a turn of fate? I turned on the TV and a movie started:
Atanarjuat, the fast runner.
A canadian movie from 2001 by Zacharias Kunuk.
With: Natar Ungalaaq, Sylvia Ivalu, Lucy Tulugarjuk, Madeline Ivalu, Peter-Henry Arnatsiaq e.a.
It's a movie about the fight between good and evil, with true love conquering ill circumstances.
In the little community of Igloolik an evil spirit of thousands of years ago disturbs the rest and causes problems in the nomadic inuit community.
Tulimaq has two sons: Atanarjuat, the fast runner and Amaqjuaq, the strong one.
Both sons often find themselves opposite Oki, the son of Sauri, the leader.
Oki dislikes the fact that Atanarjuat and the beautiful Atuat like each other and that they are promised to each other in their childhood. His jealousy leads him to get his friends to his side and when a woman lies about her behaviour and says Atanarjuat tried to kill her (no wonder, she was his second wife and she slept with the brother), they all try and kill the rival.
But Atanarjuat escapes and returns to the community, where he outwits Oki and his friends, who are send away.
Beside the intriguing storie there's also the feeling to be taken into the original culture of the Inuit.
The actors are Inuit from Igloolik and speak Inuktituk, the original language of the Inuit. It's one of those languages that soothe the soul and tremble in long hidden memories, like the songs.
I completely forgot time and place. The story was so very catching.
It showed how the wishes of the individual should fit in those of the group to allow peace and survival. Actions like lying, undermine the wellbeing of everyone.
And I was caught into the daily life: cleaning the skins, living in iglos, everything.
Script: Paul Apak Angilirq.
Source: an old inuit-legend: Atanarjuat.
The movie won in Cannes the Camera d'Or for the best debut movie.
Whenever a movie from Zacharias Kunuk crosses my path'I
ll want to see it.
Right now the inuit song that was sung at last still trembles through my head.
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