Stuff like this blows my mind, and it happens to me quite often.
Yesterday, I wanted to do a window display at my store that was inspired by Taylor Swift's song "The Fate of Ophelia". I had only learned of this song's existence the day before because 4 of the actresses from The Young & the Restless put out a short video of them dancing to "The Fate of Ophelia".
Until then, I had never even heard the song at all. I was so intrigued by it, I had to search for the the origin of this song. It was by Taylor Swift! What?! I always thought of her of as the bubble gum princess of pop but I couldn't be any more wrong. She is one very talented lady and she has gained a new fan (me)
Back to the story of my window display....
I placed a long narrow table in the window display. Then I dressed one of the mannequins that has a head and arms and legs, in a vintage style lacey frock. Placed a blonde wig on her head as she lay their on the table (in honour of Ms. Swift) and a bouquet of white silk flowers upon her chest.
I went outside to check on it and realized that it looked like she was dead, laying their straight on the table with flowers on her chest. Yikes!
I removed the flowers and then proceeded to look around my store for a book to place on her chest instead, so that it would like like she had fallen asleep reading. Found one, placed it on her chest, open to about the middle of the book.
Yes, that was better. To some it might still evoke the initial impression that this person had left this earth, but surely with the book there, it could be that she was just lying their still, listening to the sounds of nature.
It wasn't until I did the video for my Instagram reel that I saw the page of the book was open to a chapter titled "Elizabeth Taylor" as I zoomed in on the book in the video (to make it last longer so that I could use Taylor's song about Ophelia as the background music)
OK. Here is the creepy part: I watched Taylor Swift's music video of "The Fate of Ophelia" on YouTube again this morning because it is my latest obsession. You know how when the one song is ending, they show the next video to play? The next video to play was a song by Taylor Swift called "Elizabeth Taylor"!!!!!!
I had absolutely no idea she had a song out by that name. And yesterday, the book I had chosen had opened to the chapter called "Elizabeth Taylor"!! What the heck kind of coincidence is that.....or is it a coincidence?
I know this was a long-winded story but I had to share with y'all and maybe get your thoughts on it.
P.S. If you want to check out the Ophelia video I did yesterday, here is the link to my Instagram:
