Telephone of the Wind
Brittany Bacinski discovered a profound sense of closure in Olympia's Squaxin Park when she used the Telephone of the Wind to communicate with her late first love. This unique rotary phone, firmly affixed to a tree, enables users to have heartfelt conversations with their departed loved ones. Inspired by a similar Japanese wind phone that emerged after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, these unconventional devices are gaining popularity in the United States.
Read the Seattle Times piece, The Power of a One-Way Phone Call to Cope with Grief here.
The Telephone of the Wind. Luke Johnson / The Seattle Times
“This phone is meant for anyone who has experienced the loss of a loved one. It serves as a channel for those who carry messages they long to convey to their friends and family—a lifeline for preserving cherished memories and voicing the farewells that were left unsaid. In a changing landscape of death practices and grief rituals, where more people are choosing cremation and loved ones may rest in distant places, these wind phones offer an incredibly moving and poignant means of connection, particularly in light of the pandemic’s heart-wrenching theft of countless final visits.”
