What is a Wind Phone? It is a device to give comfort to those who need it. Usually, it is an old fashion rotary phone that isn't connected to anything. People symbolically call their deceased loved ones and converse with them. Grieving people call whomever they want. People say they feel solace. There seems to be some kind of cosmic connection. People who use these Wind Phones feel better, somehow.
The story of the Wind Phone begins in Japan by Itaru Sasaki. He missed his cousin who died of cancer. He purchased a phone booth and installed an old phone that was not connected in it. Whenever he missed his cousin, he went into the phone booth, lifted the phone receiver and talked into it. He called this The Wind Phone. The next year, 2011, an earthquake resulted in a tsunami the obliterated the coast of northern Japan. Many people died and felt overwhelmed with grief. Itaru Sasaki moved his phone booth to the devasted area with the most missing people. He welcomed mourners to visit his Wind Phone to call to talk to their lost loved ones, hoping they would be comforted, somehow. Some people said the Wind Phone did help them cope.
Don't knock it until you try it. Here is a link to Wind Phones in the USA. Map | My Wind Phone
Who would you call?
What would you talk about?
Where would you like to see a Wind Phone?
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