We celebrated Midsummer last weekend – ‘we’ referring to whole Finland.
For me Midsummer is more or less a sacred thing and I like to spend it quietly,
taking long walks in the nature, being outside at night, abandoning reason for
a while letting myself believe there is more in this world than that we see and
sense.
This year Midsummer felt even more significant than usually; perhaps due
to Shakespeare’s 400th anniversary. I must admit I haven’t read
Shakespeare all that much: I’ve only read some of his best known plays but
shamefully his sonnets are still a new thing to me. However, the proper way to
celebrate Midsummer this year was obviously to re-read Midsummer Night’s Dream. Oh how I love that play! Since I’m a
devoted fan of Tolkien one might say I cannot embrace both Shakespeare’s and
Tolkien’s version of faerie – but I do. As different as they are they’re both
dear to me and very fascinating. In July I’ll go to Suomenlinna open-air
theatre to see the play. Suomenlinna is a former sea fortress which nowadays is
inhabited and a UNESCO World Heritage site. It is a part of Helsinki and consists
of several islands. If you ever come to Finland it’s worth seeing.
As much as I enjoyed the most magical time of the year (also great time
for spotting bats, I saw quite a few of them) there was something missing. I
think I’ll write more about it later since it will be quite a lament.
This cloud kind of looks like a galloping horse. Or then it's just
my inner horse girl dreaming once again.
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