A long time favourite song of mine, Les Moulins de mon coeur (The windmills of my heart) by Michel Legrand, composed in 1968 with lyrics by Eddy Marnay has been a long time favourite of mine.
https://lyricstranslate.com/fr/les-moulins-de-mon-coeur-windmills-my-heart.html
The English version, The Windmills of your Mind pushed the song to a broader audience through the film, The Thomas Crowne Affair (1968) with lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPNx5ydr8VI
https://www.lyrics.com/lyric/5298908/Michel+Legrand/The+Windmills+of+Your+Mind
It is such a fascinating contrast that one language speaks to the spirals of the heart while the other, of the mind. One refers to the pulse in life, the circular events and feelings and the inevitability of repetition. To feel the same when it is clear things are not the same. The other version, also captures the rotation and spirals with a leaning to the turnings, churnings of the mind. Originally sung by Noel Harrison with a gentle impatience, and agitation which could either resolve or escalate towards anxiety. Talking of same places and events and yet, nothing ever truly being the same. To me, both versions and later versions sung by Dusty Springfield or Sting are beautiful poems with a melody which, regardless of the focus, nurture the descriptions perfectly.
But this isn't a song review! (who would have guessed!?)
Situations coming full circle in life doesn't always feel fun or positive. It can feel repetitive, like failure and a sign that for all the action, efforts and belief that you have changed something, in effect, nothing changed.
A person who has lived out of home and lived independently, moves back in with family and could feel as though they have gone backwards. A young couple however, may talk with family and move back home as a strategy for saving for a future house deposit. The perspective of possibility makes the difference between feeling failure or hope.
In many human interactions from parenting and families, to businesses and management teams, the outcomes and quality of relationships provide the evidence for the more silent yet consistent traps, habits and patterned effect of trauma, generational attachment and even, communication styles. Repetition is powerful regardless of how conscious or aware anyone is to it. From healthy growth mindset in finance or entrepreneurial progress to the more challenging dynamics of abuse, addiction or control can be explained, where the skills and behaviours of one generation determine the direction of the next. Where, despite the resources being different and the environment looking different, the relationship dynamics are repeated. With no conscious input this plays out in health and in disorder. For those individuals doing inner self work, reparenting, conscious communication shifts and actively seeking out other ways.
In some ways - coming full circle can be a great opportunity to see who you are and how you act. Whether your current version of self is as different, as evolved or as grown as you thought. Not to check for failure - but more to check whether your perspectives and skills come together in an 'old' environment, and show you your stronger or healthier self.
Coming full circle can definitely show you that you no longer fit in a space at all. You can return into a family dynamic which is in such conflict with who you are, that resolution or even just tolerating the space is impossible in a healthy way. It can feel confronting and sad to see that connection, however feeble, is lost. Elements like shared humour may no longer be accessible because once upon a time, connection was gained through laughing or diminishing others, and you can no longer do that without the knowledge that it is unkind and wrong. It could be more practical, you may have a greater awareness of your sensitivities or inflammatory triggers, and so cooking together may no longer be a pleasure nor comfort. Without accommodations or at the least, some discussion to know what can be prepared together in the kitchen, the act of sharing space decreases.
Taken from www.facebook.com/share/DUBAEBiUwT9KDkL5/
"1973 project regarding growth and tree spacing in southern Japan.
Researchers planted trees in 10 degree radial increments to form 10 concentric circles. It was a study to determine if trees' growth would be affected by planting density."
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