THE WIND PHONE

This phone was built by Itaru Sasaki in his garden in Japan, one of the areas suffering from the tsunami of March 11, 2011, causing the death of 20,000 people.  Sasaki said, "I made the 'phone of the wind' to provide visitors the opportunity of getting over and through their sorrow by conveying thought to their lost family members and friends."   It gives them a chance to say good-bye.   

Not everyone has a grief counselor but this phone will never ring.  It is connected to nowhere and everywhere at once.   It is just a private place for someone to call a lost one, saying good-bye and expressing thoughts never said.

Such phones exist all over the world including the United States.   It is a "means by which to have the conversations you didn't get to have - the good, the bad, the ugly - and know that the wind will carry them to the source that needs to receive them."

"The tactile experience of dialing an analog phone gives us break from the digitized world.   The phones come in all shapes and sizes, some with booths, many without."   This phone will never ring.   It is just a private place
for one to grieve. 

This wind phone is placed in Wells Reserve in Wells, Maine.   I would someday like to take a trip to visit.   Jean told me about it, so I will pick her up and experience what is there to express our sadness of the loss of a loved one.   (Look up the many states where these wind phones exist)