I think Peter Travers was right when he said, “What we have here is an animation miracle so subtle that it doesn’t fully hit you till you take it home and into your dreams.” The animation miracle he referred to was the movie Only Yesterday (1991). The plot revolves around Taeko Okajima, a 27- year old office worker leaving for a few weeksContinue reading “おもひでぽろぽろ(Omoide Poro Poro),Only Yesterday: Review and Self Reflection, 4/4”
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Thoughts on Human Experience: Revisiting Hayao Miyazaki’s “The Wind Rises”
Who has seen the wind? Neither I nor you: But when the leaves hang trembling, the wind is passing through.- Christina Rossetti, 1830 – 1894 Yesterday, my friend Erica and I watched Hayao Miyazaki’s The Wind Rises (2013). For the last five years, it has remained one of my favorites and each time I seeContinue reading “Thoughts on Human Experience: Revisiting Hayao Miyazaki’s “The Wind Rises””
The Idea of Game of Thrones: The value we give to truth
Visual media has a way of permeating and changing us subliminally, like any of the arts and letters, but on a more extreme level. Visual narratives naturally pair with music and philosophy and help audiences bond with characters that inspire dreams and ideas. What entertains us changes us and, if we allow it, it shiftsContinue reading “The Idea of Game of Thrones: The value we give to truth”
Month of Art: Day 15 Lodestone (?)
Form to the sculptor is all and yet it is nothing. It is nothing without the spirit; with the idea it is everything. -Victor Hugo I came across this art piece yesterday while perusing Musetouch.net. Having featured a lot of paintings, a change of pace was needed to show the depth and volume art allows us.Continue reading ” Month of Art: Day 15 Lodestone (?)”
From the Perspective of an Old Soul 