木漏れ日 Komorebi - a love letter to the dance of shadows emerges when sunlight filters through trees

During a three month journey travelling and working on organic farms in Japan, filmmaker Steve Atkins often found himself distracted by the beauty around him. As sunlight filtered through the trees that towered over him, their silhouette gracing the surface beneath or ahead him, he felt repeatedly drawn and connected with the Natural world - an effect of Komorebi performing itself on the peripheries.
There is a magical quality to the animate expression of Nature; a mutual puppet-show hosted between trees, light and wind. “When I paused long enough to take it all in, to share in a humble celebration of Nature’s playfulness, I was gifted with a potent ease,” Atkins shares...
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[@retnevni]

This was so good. “Were it not for shadows, there would be no beauty.”

[@katshura007]

I always told people the most beautiful thing in live for me is how the light goes though the leaves, I just don’t know I was talking about komorebi all this time. This is my most beautiful video I watch on youtube ever.

[@stenmalmwolke]

This. The beauty of the nature. More of these videos

[@newthunder2006]

Revigorante, pausa para refletir. Paisagem maravilhosa, coisa que na correria de hoje em dia não se faz mais ! !

[@enbokpahsyntiew2187]

Beautiful

[@granny-nyan]

A lovely video ! ♡

[@fifthcarcrash]

2:25 is just wow

[@vitawell]

peace

[@fburton8]

My God, it's full of Kodama!

[@categorille8330]

this is rly incredibly beautiful and also the music could be part of the minecraft OST which is a big up

[@57monoshock]

People are meant to live in cities.