Movie Moments

Sometimes words can't quite explain a feeling. And maybe I sound all romantic and head-in-the-clouds-y but I love those rare beautiful moments that feel like they belong in a movie rather than real life. While staying in Rome we went out shopping at a really busy street. They had it all there: H&M, Mango, Zara and the likes.

And right in the middle of what can only be called consumerism at it's perks sat a guy my age with a keyboard and played a gorgeous melody while singing along to it. I loved it so much I sat down across the street and just watched him for a bit. And while hundrets of people passed by, holding their shopping bags and rushing to the next place, only a handful stopped to listen or leave the musician some money. There were only about three other people that sat on the pavement next to me and actually took some time out of their day to enjoy the beautiful music. And I must say I kind of loved that. We can all get really distracted by the stuff we feel like we HAVE to do. I am totally to blame for this myself but my life often feels like a never ending to-do list and I rarely take a moment to just live and genuinely enjoy something. That is why this little encounter in Rome was so beautiful, I honestly almost cried. It might sound over the top but I did feel like it was a special moment for everyone that sat down to listen there. Somehow we were almost like a secret club and everyone there wanted to feel something and stopped everything else for a second to be taken away. I´d like to think that the guy next to me filming the singer with his go pro was an aspiring film maker and the dude to my right that was clapping louder than anyone else might have been a writer or an actor. This could well be a clichee but creative types seem to have more appreciation for this sort of thing. Maily because, to me anyway, watching other people´s creative work is always inspiring. In this case it made me to think more about the whole thing and I ended up writing this blogpost, so there you go. Generally it´s hard to come across these little moments in life that feel special and precious so I believe that when you do, you have to really cherish them.