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I told Miyazaki I love the “gratuitous motion” in his films; instead of every movement being dictated by the story, sometimes people will just sit for a moment, or they will sigh, or look in a running stream, or do something extra, not to advance the story but only to give the sense of time and place and who they are.

“We have a word for that in Japanese,” he said. “It’s called ma. Emptiness. It’s there intentionally.”

Is that like the “pillow words” that separate phrases in Japanese poetry?

“I don’t think it’s like the pillow word.” He clapped his hands three or four times. “The time in between my clapping is ma. If you just have non-stop action with no breathing space at all, it’s just busyness, But if you take a moment, then the tension building in the film can grow into a wider dimension. If you just have constant tension at 80 degrees all the time you just get numb.”

Which helps explain why Miyazaki’s films are more absorbing and involving than the frantic cheerful action in a lot of American animation. I asked him to explain that a little more.

“The people who make the movies are scared of silence, so they want to paper and plaster it over,” he said. “They’re worried that the audience will get bored. They might go up and get some popcorn.

But just because it’s 80 percent intense all the time doesn’t mean the kids are going to bless you with their concentration. What really matters is the underlying emotions–that you never let go of those.

— Roger Ebert in conversation with Hiyao Miyazaki

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i’m gonna miss music so much when i die. how will i discover new music. will my soul come back to earth from time to time to see what songs are playing. is there music on other planets. can i still make playlists

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on graduation & parting ways

Night of the Woods: Chapter 3 / unknown / When We Were Young - Adele / We May Never Pass This Way (Again) - Seals and Crofts / Mikko Harvey, for M / John Berger, “Will it be a likeness?” from The Shape of a Pocket / forever - Charli XCX / Lemony Snicket, The Beatrice Letters / nice2KnoU - All Time Low / @alisonzai

natsujutsu

Toonami:

Black Lives Matter.

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Fucking TOONAMI. I’m about to cry. My childhood just spoke some deep as truth.

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I’m not 😭

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Fuck yeah. My childhood speaking truths 😭

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hellshee

MIKE FLANAGAN UNIVERSE SERIES MEME: [1/5] favorite scenes ⇾ I was right here. I was right here and I was screaming and shouting, and none of you could see me. Why couldn’t you see me? I waved and jumped and screamed, and you didn’t even look.

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By Welder Wings. x

kedreeva

The next time you want to feel bad about having a bunch of books you haven't read, remember this.

[image text reads:

"In Defense of Libraries."

A French gentleman who possessed a large library was asked an old question by a visitor, a question so often posed to those who own a lot of books:

"And have you read them all?"

This wise collector turned to his guest and, with an astonished look on his face, simply replied "No, and I haven't drunk all the wine in my cellar either."

The point was made at once. His books, like his prized bottles were waiting for the moment he chose to open them, there for his pleasure according to his own timing. After all, what good would a cellar of empty bottles be to him? Or a library of books already completed?] (Source)

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nhodjin A Keen Eye & A Colorful Mind

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nanmarie

I like it!

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everyone show your respects to stelluna this month you hear me

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everyone say thank you stellaluna

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I was about to say “Is Stellaluna really a classic? It wasn’t even in print when I was a kid” and then I saw “Beloved for Twenty Five Years” and felt my spirit leave my shriveled elderly body.

[Description: The cover of the book Stellaluna, featuring a leafless branch with a bat resting on it, tongue sticking out; in the background are other bats and birds flying around. A seal in the lower right corner reads “Now with bonus crafts!” and around that in circular print, “Beloved for Twenty Five Years”.]