Story: 10 weeks of life.

A person works in a menial job. They lead an ordinary life. They save their money and, once a decade, go somewhere else for a few weeks of escape. Film/Story is split equally between time in the girding, mundane life and time in the brief excursions. The ordinary life is a life lost. At first, time is spent thinking of where to go next and ignoring reality. The person lives in their own bubble, with only fleeting contact with others. The first trip is to somewhere isolated. Maybe arctic/tundra etc... Long shots of open skies, horizons, day and night. No dialogue. No indication of persons thought processes. When they come back, life continues. Ageing is visible.


Gradual progress in character through multiple trips

• Isolated, living in fantasy, stupid/happy look
• Social interactions as facade, still obsessed with trips, life is a shadow
• Begins to break out. Questions life path sporadically.
• Has/Meets child. Still no marriage.
• Realizes greater obligation to mankind. Less selfish and individualistic. Questions what was forgone. Questions whether normal life was for them. Talks to child. Shares story.
• Last years. Meets partner. Relationship gives ome meaning. Not perfect.
• Final voage is on deathbed. It's not to the arctic. A reconciliation of the two personas. Sees her young self walking into the distance. Follows

Themes and ideas

• A good person is not concerned with their self only (eventual discovery, gradual)
• Life can be wasted. 
• Detachment leads to insight, but that comes at a price. Not every waste is a waste. 
• How much wonder there is in one life.