Brandur's plan was to use his knowledge of the natural sciences to study astrobiology and go to Antarctica so that when the call to go to Mars would come, he would be in the best position to be one of the first ones on the Red Planet. That was his dream of fulfilling his Robinson Crusoe fantasy - until his life got turned upside down through an unidentified illness and Brandur found himself turning to art to go beyond the logical methods of interacting with the world around him. In this interview, Brandur recalls his travels around the world as a youngster with his mom as well as a young adult exploring Peru on his own and his adventures working as a ranger in Iceland before going on to discuss how he turned to art as a way of rediscovering nature.