Nephtali

Nephtali is a beautiful video for the Paris Ballet that shows what happened when Glen Keane went to sketch a ballet dancer. It's a short but gorgeous video that's part "making of", part animated story/dance performance. Enjoy!

You can follow Glen Keane's projects on facebook if you'd like to see more of his work.

"I rock mom jeans, cat earrings, extrapolate my feelings..."

There's really no excuse for waiting so long to post this fantastic video. I found it last year and have been coming back to it quite often since. Not only is it a catchy song with a great message, but the video is also absolutely wonderful!

Even if you weren't aware of it, I'm sure you've heard Mary Lambert singing in Macklemore's amazing Same Love. Another great song with a great message! Anyway, she's so nice and genuine in interviews too, so check her out!

"Back Then, Baby, It Didn't Seem So Strange…"

My favorite song of this whole entire year is definitely Dearly Departed by Shakey Graves and Esme Patterson. I found it somewhere during the summer and have been coming back to it again and again. It's just amazing!

The album version of the song is good too, but nothing beats this live version! Apart from it being a wonderful song, I love how you can see they're really having fun with it! Also, on a more shallow note, her hair is super cool.

Blood Brothers

I'm skipping my usual Circle Songs and am making way for an actual video, because I came across an amazing one by the always wonderful Ingrid Michaelson and can't bear to just let you hear the song. Even though it is amazing too!

Now wasn't that intriguing? And I love the message she sends out too. If you're somehow not familiar with Ingrid Michaelson I suggest you look her up. I promise you'll find some magical songs!

Circle Songs #31

"If that's what it takes to make me smile. I'm gonna walk a hundred miles..."

Whole Wide World - Mindy Gledhill

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I don't normally post the video in a Circle Songs post, but I could not resist today. This video is just too lovely. It's full of amazingly beautiful "real" girls and women. And it's a lot more empowering and inspiring than the song just by itself. Anyway, I hope you'll watch it!