How beautiful is this video by director Nabil Elderkin for Bon Iver's single "Holocene"? It premeired on the website of National Geographic last week, and I have been replaying it over and over. The scenes of Iceland are breathtaking, and I think making a trip there has now creeped to the top of my list. The little boy slightly reminds me of Max from Where the Wild Things Are, while the rock formations at the end look distinctly similar to those of the Giant's Causeway on the northeast coast of Ireland, which has remained a favorite spot of mine ever since visiting there in 2009. So lovely.
Bon Iver’s “Holocene” references our current geological period, and Bon Iver, Bon Iver, as an album, references the cycles of birth, living and death. The landscape of Iceland, with its mountains, glaciers, and waterfalls, recalls the past where volcanoes once shaped the earth and where ice caps currently melt. It looks like the most marvelous place on Earth. -Jagjaguwar
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I saw this video a couple of days ago and I've been thinking about it ever since. So great.
I liked the video from the beginning, but when he walked out of his house.. wow! And it just kept getting better and better. Iceland has been pretty high up on my list of places to visit but now even more so. No wonder National Geographic featured this. Stunning! Thanks for sharing, Mary! :)
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