Directed by Encyclopedia Pictura: Björk's "Wanderlust"

Wanderluster is I... This music video by the duo collectively known as Encyclopedia Pictura is absolutely my heart. It takes me back to a month-long walk I took by myself around Annapurna, and time spent in and around the Himalayas, in Nepal and Tibet. The mountains, the god images/meanings, the wild yak's place in this environment, what all these experiences connect in your heart and mind... and this song just captures how big those mountains feel, the mountains' reminder of how expansive life is. I love the journey, the story of this music video. I love how lo-tech it feels by the puppetry/costume, and the hi-tech post-pro animation and color saturation. For example... the river as animated clay strands (I believe)... and how they animate! Check out the "Wanderlust" video in hi-res and in 3D, and without this weird cropping blogspot does.

And just a general note, Björk is just, simply put, amazing. Infusing an organic sensibility and a soul's openness through electronica and of course her unrestrained voice. There is no separation between all these realms. Her "Medúlla" album, which is entirely made up of human vocals done acapella, is a testament to this and a true wonder. The range of sounds and rhythms that the voice is capable of accessing is breathtaking. It makes the argument that electronica is not machine "noise," but is a range of sonic vibrations, frequencies that come from the depths of our being. It's a realm that we exist in and machines are just an extension of that. I mean, yeah duh, we know that, we created the machines, but to prove that experientially is a whole other story.