Upon hearing a great piece of music, my music guru Ramashreya Jha “Ramrang” was fond of quoting Kabir: mann mast hua tab kyon bole? (Why open your mouth when the mind is filled with bliss?) I am often at a loss for words in the midst of Iceland‘s landscape and Kabir serves me well there….
A Northern Lights display on a cold night at the Jökulsá á Fjöllum river in north Iceland. See an earlier post for another assay.
Hallgrímskirkja was built in 1937 and is a Reykjavík landmark. Architect Guðjón Samúelsson patterned its façade after the basaltic lava columns that are common in Iceland. The first two photographs were taken close to midnight in the beautiful light of the low summer sun. Maintaining the verticals of such a tall structure is made possible…
