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| Blessings by Andrew Hinton, Owen Ó Súilleabháin, and David Whyte“ I thank you . . . for the way my ears open even before my eyes as if to remember the way everything began with an original vibrant note.” —David Whyte Encountering David Whyte’s poetry is an experience rather than a reading. In this short film, Emmy-winning filmmaker Andrew Hinton together with musician and composer Owen Ó Súilleabháin expand on the fullness of this encounter as they interpret David’s “Blessing” poems through a visual and musical journey across the Irish landscape. As David reads the verses of these poems, “Blessing for Sound” and “Blessing for Light,” we are carried through a series of images that evoke gratitude for the wonders and gifts of sound and of light. Owen offers in the reflection he wrote to accompany this film that, “The art of blessing, the art of calling in the invisible help of the divine, is ever present to the Celtic mind.” Having collaborated with David Whyte for over a decade, Owen shares how he came across the recordings of ancient Irish songs, which he reimagined into the music that inspired the creation of this film. Through this collaboration of poetry, music, and film, we encounter a Celtic belonging to place that has not only survived but lives on. WATCH FILM |
