“All joy (as distinct from mere pleasure, still more amusement) emphasizes our pilgrim status; always reminds, beckons, awakens desire. Our best havings are wantings.”

- C.S. Lewis

To see a world in a grain of sand
And heaven in a wild flow,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand
And eternity in an hour.

- William Blake

When the post-rock band Explosions in the Sky released their latest album last year Take Care, Take Care, Take Care, one of my favorites on it was a song evocatively called “Postcard from 1952.” Such a title begs a great story to lie behind it, but since Explosions in the Sky is an instrumental-only band, listeners are usually left to conjure up their own story to the band’s songs. Fortunately for us, they recently released a video for “Postcard from 1952″ that tells a simple, yet poignant and beautiful story of the power, mystery, and fleeting nature of memories. I love it. The music and cinematography (the video’s cinematographer was 2nd unit cinematographer for Tree of Life) of ”Postcard from 1952″ combine to form one of the most amazing and memorable videos I have seen in some time.

Note: I recommend viewing this in HD if possible. Yeah, it’s worth it.