Exploding the entwinement of weather and emotion, we wish to talk about the material side of feelings. We do not feel or behave in isolation. When talking about how we are feeling right now, not only we are dependent on others and their feelings, but we also necessarily have to react to our environment.

Where we are is an important part of who we are or who we have become. Living in a rainy city such as Amsterdam means something. The obvious connection between weather and our frame of mind is manifested in our activities and decisions – in our actions as agents. In this sense, we are embedded in a material reality with physical aspects that shape our choices and, sometimes, emotions.

We are not totally free to feel what we would like to, but we are free enough to self-consciously challenge our physical conditions, one of them being the weather conditions.