And so it is Christmas.
At the moment I'm listening to Canada's CBC Radio Two online (a little homesick, perhaps), and someone (I wasn't paying attention to the name) is currently sending in an audio postcard of what he wants to hear online. Instead of picking the "normal" Christmas songs, he decided to pick Sigur Ros' "staralfur."
What a great choice! He mentioned how the song had featured prominently in the movie, the life aquatic, t the moment when the team encounters the jaguar shark. What he didn't mention, but I'm assuming had thought of - is how much that moment relates to Christmas. This shark was a mythical being that no one really thought existed, almost an encounter with the divine: something beyond tangible truth.
Ignoring the commercialism of Christmas, that is what we are left with - a moment with the divine. Not necessarily religious divinity, though, it could emerge in different situations for different people. Time spent with loved ones, the feeling of new snow, "Christmas spirit"...
"Staralfur" has always been one of my favourite Sigur Ros songs. Listen to it - you can definitely feel the winter season.
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