Celia Farber inverts powerlessness during an unprecedented blackout in Spain.
I loved this post for so many reasons.
People have asked me how I experienced the blackout yesterday.
“I loved it,” I say. “I love blackouts.”
I then explain that I don’t mean to be glib about the dangers and discomforts many endured, only to say that my biological being comes to life when the electric grids go down, as they did yesterday across all of Spain.
I secretly long for temporary disruptions like this, if only to justify a much-needed break from the toxic hum of a digitally driven lifestyle. I love how she speaks to the biological empowerment she experienced once electrical power was cut off. It’s real. And many of us feel it when we’re able to escape the grid to any degree. I know I do.
Granada did not disappoint, as I would have expected, had I considered that this might happen: I went out around 12:30, and walked the streets, and saw nothing but perfectly calm people, no panic anywhere. Cars and buses negotiated traffic lights, and most charmingly, people sat in cafes, restaurants and bars with no lights, ordered whatever was on offer, and acted exactly as though it were any other day.
I did the same—went to a Moroccan place I like near La Catedral, and had hummus and beer.
Only cash was accepted, and luckily, I had some.
I went to visit my friend Roman, who owns a candy store, and he was doing really well. He said people bought a lot of candy, ice cream, and soda, to comfort themselves, especially tourists. A whole bus load of Japanese tourists came in, for example. While I was there, an English speaking couple came in and Roman was able to give them cash against a credit card number, so they could go buy something to eat.
Are we more resilient than we think? Can we be powered by connection, cooperation and ingenuity when Mr. Global deprives us of the power it’s made us dependent on?
In an accompanying video, Celia walks us through her Grenada neighborhood to show us a thriving microcosm of humanity during an unprecedented blackout in Spain, Portugal and parts of France. Watch it if you’d like to witness a city “off-grid” in good company.
It made me fall a little more deeply in love with humanity.
Celia’s enjoyment was such a beautiful and inspiring act of resistance from someone who understands that there are darker agendas and bigger pictures.
She doesn’t burying her head in the sand…
… but she can still be energized by human connection, sunlight and a dark sky full of stars.
Think about how hard the globalists work to disrupt aspects of our lives that we have access to everyday, but ignore when “the power” is on.
Imagine how powerful these things must be.
Maybe it’s time to root into other power sources.
I am late to discover and also to thank you for this gift. To be heard and understood, and to see that the song turned up the same in another. Ann I insist and demand that you come visit me! I shall browbeat you. 😂