#godparticles

I could almost hear their soft collisions on the cold air today, but when I came in, shed my layers and stood alone by the fire, I felt them float toward me like spores flung far from their source, having crossed miles of oceans and fields unknown to most just to keep my body fixed to its place on the earth. Call them God if you must, these messengers that bring hard evidence of what I once was and where I have been— filling me with bits of stardust, whaleskin, goosedown from the pillow where Einstein once slept, tucked in his cottage in New Jersey, dreaming of things I know I’ll never see.

God Particles: This series of short films is set against the background of fears that the Large Hadron Collider will destroy the Earth. Four characters with intertwined lives confront their lives in various ways to show their true colours. Awkwardness, funny moments, surprising interconnections and a very high production quality make this a wonderful mini series to watch.

The first of the four parts is my favourite. It presents the story of an HR worker who escapes her daily life by daydreaming about being in glamorous old movies. Her story builds up to a very funny ending when she ends up in a very awkward situation with her horrible boss at a baby shower!