We interviewed @Bartcelestino , the force behind our new campaigns for @childe_co and @childewilde , and received the most poignant, creative and poetic response that was an absolute pleasure for us to publish. Thank you Bart.
CE: Where do you live and why?
BC : I used to live by the ocean in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs, I felt being close to the ocean was an important aspect of my personality. I had always lived in large dense urban settings, NYC, Hamburg and then Sydney. Then one day the ocean stopped talking to me. I felt this great silence had fallen on my life. A lot of people I thought were close friends were actually just relationships of convenience. I had lost any real connection to them and nature. I grew up in Canberra in the early 70’s and I was always surrounded by space and silence. On a deep level I needed that back in my life, so I started to remove all the noise.
You know the saying, ‘you don't see the wood from the trees’ well I couldn't see past the car in front of me. So I stopped that whole game. I heard the wind in the trees again, and I used to hate the wind. I was very varta. But when I actually listened to it with intention, I heard the ocean in its song, and had this strong calling to be surrounded by trees. Big trees. Lots of them. Wild, oversized monuments to nature. Now I live in the quiet surrounds of the Southern Highlands of NSW. Nothing but big skies and the hum of a distant freight train as they move through these sleepy mist covered towns. I live among those large trees and between the empty spaces. I like it because the locals wear Blundstones and Akubras. They wave at you when they pass you by, or have all the time in the world for a chat, and never ask you what you do.
More of this interview to come.