Tag: miyazaki

  • I’m back to a Moleskine

    A month or so ago, I went back to using the simple Moleskine notebook and have tons of creative fun on its thin, low-quality, ink-bleeding pages. This sudden reunion after years of scornful antagonism was caused by two impulses. The first one was rewatching, together with our son, the “Never-Ending Man” documentary about Hayao Miyazaki

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  • Ghibli animations you haven’t seen (probably)

    I love animated movies – I think that this form of art, when done right, can be one of the most imaginative ways of showing stories and worlds fantastic. But, I somehow never really got into short-form animation. I have seen some great ones, yes (like our favorite Magnetic Rose or some of the Animatrix collection, for example),

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  • Keeping the line alive.

    Using words to describe a piece of art or the emotions it brings forth when experiencing it is often not up to scratch. In my videos, I often use the word “loose” to describe the style of painting and drawing that I’m aiming for, with the opposite being art that I can only describe as

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