Oh, Iceland. It’s truly a magical place. I’ve long dreamt about living there, but that won’t be a reality anytime too soon! Of course, vacations can go a long ways to salve such long-term desires, and this recent trip more than fit the bill. Ben and I spent a couple of weeks circumnavigating the island counter-clockwise, continually being blown away by the changing landscape. Somewhere around Mývatn, we were informed that we were driving the wrong way around, clockwise being the general rule, but that trajectory now seems quite difficult to imagine. Now that Ben has the photos up, check out our journey via the complete set on his Flickr… or merely take a quick gander at the edited set, put to music, on Vimeo.

We were in Iceland and took our tiny wooden effigies along for the ride. Originally serving as our wedding cake toppers, Ben got the brilliant idea (inspired by his friend Anisa, who, incidentally, makes awesome clothes) to take them on our travels and garden gnome-style, documenting them in photographs. Visit the slideshow for the whole deal!

Heartbreaking and beautiful. Sigur Rós’ Sæglopur.

This is something beautiful, and if you haven’t seen it before I would like to share it with you.

From fat cat’s site:

Director : Agust Jacobsson and Sigur Ros
Date : January 2001

This unforgettable and award-winning clip, conceived by and supervised by the band with direction by Agust Jacobsson features the Perlan special-needs theatre group acting out a simple but beautiful play about the elements.