If you've ever been entranced by the way sunlight filters through trees, then you're not alone. The Japanese have a unique word for this occurrence: komorebi.
While traveling through Japan and working on organic farms, UK filmmaker Steve Atkins found himself entranced by komorebi, or the movement of light and shadows formed by the interplay of trees, wind and sunlight on the landscape.
Atkins' made a short film celebrates that these beautiful moments in nature. In doing so, he offers a gentle reminder to, in his words, "reconsider how we see the passing light of each day; to slow down and observe the natural theatre that plays out unseen beside the busyness of our modern lives."
Watch the 4-minute film here, or come visit Splinter Creek in person to experience komorebi live.
