Yeah Shotgun

I never have anything to say.

[non-secretland]

The Office

[realjcreel]

Italian Travel: Florence.

For the second half of our trip we headed to the region of Tuscany, with our first stop being Florence. It’s so tough to pick a favorite destination on this Italy trip but at the time of this post I’m leaning towards Tuscany. The meats, cheeses and wines were so so good! A bit less congested and hectic than Rome was and still plenty of city and things to do to keep me satisfied. You can buy a bottle of house wine for 8 euros out here that would blow you away. I rest my case. 

Ok, back to Florence. By far, without a doubt, the most beautiful city I’ve ever seen. Every building looks like it has been hand crafted to fit inside of a fairy tale. The Duomo is the prettiest piece of architecture and I still can’t believe what it looks like. As we took a cab to our room from the train station, we drove by the Duomo and we were astonished. Florence was elegant and magical. A place for lovers, romantics and beauty. I was wowed by Florence. Easy to walk around in and easy to sit, relax and people watch.

For our second day, we took a day trip out to the Chianti Classico region for a wine tour. We got to taste amazing Italian red wine and learn a ton about the process. We ate salumi and had fresh olive oil as we sipped on our super tuscan. 

Again, I left feeling like I needed more time. So much to do with so little time! At least we were leaving to another great stop, Siena.

Photography by James Creel.

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[365filmsbyauroranocte]

Nest (Hlynur Pálmason, 2022)

[important-animal-images]

[ortut]

Kim Mi Hyung (김미형)

[cnyck]

Marina Abramovic and Riccardo Tisci ; Dancing on the Edge Collaboration

[soulspark]

[ssleepline]

yearning for peace.

[70sscifiart]

Peter Elson’s 1980 cover to The Ruins of Isis by Marion Zimmer Bradley

[i-love-art]

Raymond Depardon

[tee]

Happy National Lasagna Day!

May your noodles never dry out and your sauce never separate.

[ppdaily]

Profile of Director - Naoyoshi Shiotani

Born in 1977, Shiotani is one of Production I.G’s up-and-coming young creators. He grew up watching anime classics such as My Neighbor Totoro ans Kiki’s Delivery Service, but then he got totally blown away by Wings of Honneamise and began to feel frustrated about not being involved in the creative side of what he was merely watching as audience. Thus, he enrolled an animation school, and after graduation, he joined Production I.G, apprenticing under Kazuchika Kise. He received international attention with the TV series Blood+ (2005), for which he directed the kaleidoscopic third opening, Colors of the Heart, selected in competition for the 11th Holland Animation Film Festival. His directorial debut, Tokyo Marble Chocolate (2007) was awarded the Grand Prize in the Feature Films Section of SICAF 2008. He then joined the staff of Production I.G’s first 3DCG animated feature film, Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror as storyboard artist and animation director, bringing many central ideas to the story. He also contributed the concept design for the island,  as well as the design of Cotton, the supercute lamb-shaped doll that belongs to the protagonist, Haruka. Oblivion Island eventually won ten awards in Japan and at international film festivals around the world. 

In 2012, Shiotani directed his first full-length feature film, Blood-C: The Last Dark, that received the Ecran Fantastic Prize at the 16th Fantasia Film Festival for the “amazing editing and horrifying Lovecraftian bestiary." 

Between 2012 and 2013 he directed the highly praised dystopian SF series Psycho-Pass, which proved a huge international success and led him to helm his second feature film, Psycho-Pass: The Movie (2015). He’s a soft-spoken nice guy with a naughty boy inside.

[kiyomie]

PSYCHO-PASS Season 1 (2012-2013)

requested by @zenien

[metaldragoon]

Psycho-Pass (2012)

[znts]

When something impossible happens, there are only two possibilities. Either your assumptions are wrong, or you have gone crazy.

Kōgami Shinya / 狡噛 慎也 requested by Gabi @runwiththewind​

[elriccs]

“In order to measure a person’s worth you must do more than push them. The real way to test their worth is to give them power. When they gain the freedom to act outside the boundaries of law and ethics you can sometimes see their souls.” for @zenien​

[immloveanime]

Kogami & Weapons