In this episode of „Country Roads” - Movie Series, we are back on the road, and one week has changed the picture again. Everything is blooming, the trees are much greener than last week, the wildflowers are coming up, and the yellow keeps turning up sign after sign. Blue sky with the shadows of the clouds rushing across it, dust behind us on the small roads. It gives you a good feeling, and feeling good matters.
Something we keep coming back to: every moment is new. This is not a day in the life that repeats, and it is not a film you can wind back and play again. If you believe you can simply repeat it, you are in real trouble. You have to recognise the moment while it is there.
Then the road gets serious. Somebody overtakes into a curve where you cannot possibly see what is coming, with our hazard lights on, and simply does not care. Taking a risk with your own life is one thing; dragging everyone else into it is another. What you see in the mirror is already the past — and fast enough only ever means here and now. People who drive like that seem very far away from life. What idea of life do they even have?
And that is the question we end up with: how good it is to have a life, and to know it. It is bad to have one and not know what it is there for. What you make of it is the precious part. Everybody has some idea of something to do; nobody is without one, because everybody moves — you cannot not move. The question is only whether what you make of it is useful, practical, and not harmful to others.
In between, the Icelandic horses at the roadside, still in their winter blankets: living creatures with a heart for their own life. They do horse things — and it would do us good to do the things human beings are meant to do. Respect, living together, and a question of culture, even on a small dusty road. And good ol’ lady, seventy-two years old, relaxing to drive, a proper procedure, nothing like a modern car. As for the weather: it is not a waiter you can order from, and wanting to command it is a bad idea from the start.
From this ride: trees much greener than last week, wildflowers coming up, Icelandic horses in winter blankets, blue sky with cloud shadows, dust on the small roads, 8 miles to the gallon, good ol’ lady is 72 years old.
📺 Also available on Rutube and Youtube:
https://rutube.ru/video/a02ac460355f4a406905d41d09486abe/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBeMQYUGgeU
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