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nifexchange24 · 2 months ago

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Announcing: The Nirvana in Fire Fanwork Exchange 2024

Sign-ups — 1st-14th Oct

Prompt claiming — 17th-21st Oct

Assignments — 24th Oct

Check-in — 1st-5th Dec

Deadline — 21st Dec

Gift reveals — 25th Dec

Creator reveals — 31st Dec

The Nirvana in Fire Fanwork Exchange is an event for anyone who's a fan of the show Nirvana in Fire, its sequel series The Wind Blows in Changlin, the novel, manhua, audio drama and any other associated media I've forgotten.

It takes the form of an anonymous fanwork gift exchange: gifters will be matched with recipients based on prompts submitted by participants during sign-up. All participants will create a gift and receive one.

The event is open to all types of fanworks: fic, vids, visual art, crafts, podfic, etc.

Announcements will be crossposted to Tumblr, Discord and Dreamwidth.

If you would like an invite to the Langya Hall discord server, which has a channel for discussing the exchange, please let me know.

How It Works

During the sign-up period, you will be able to submit a Google Form with a list of 3 prompts for fanworks you would like to receive, as well as space to list any Do/Do Not Wants. The link will be posted on the DW community, the Langya Hall discord, and on this Tumblr.

On 17th Oct, participants will be sent an anonymous list of sets of prompts and asked to rank their top 5 choices. Once all participants have responded, the mods will do their best to match everyone according to their preferences.

On 24th Oct, participants will be sent their individual assignment: the prompt list of the person they have been matched with, along with that person's AO3 username.

On 31st Oct, the prompt list will be made public, for anyone, whether they signed up or not, to creat additional 'treats' for the prompters.

There will be a mandatory check-in 1st-5th Dec. Participants will be asked whether they are on track to complete a gift by the final deadline of 21st Dec. Participants who miss this deadline without contacting the mods will be assumed to have defaulted and their assignment will be sent to a pinch-hitter.

Gifts should be submitted to the AO3 collection (still under construction) by the end of the day on 21st Dec. Participants will still be able to make edits, but the gift should be in a giftable state by then.

On 25th Dec, the gifts will be revealed: everyone will be able to see all works in the collection, though the creators will still remain anonymous.

On 31st Dec, the names of the creators will be revealed.

TL;DR: Sign up with prompts, choose the prompts you'd like to fill, make a thing, post a thing, get a thing, shower your fellow creators with love and comments.

Minimum gift requirements

Treats

Fic: 500 words

Podfic: 5 mins

Art: 1 artwork (B&W or colored)

Video: 30 secs to 1 min, depending on complexity

Crafts: 1 picture and/or documentation of the finished project

If you don't want to sign up as a full exchange participant, you can still create fills for prompts as 'treats'. The prompt list will be made public on 31st Oct. Treats can be posted to the AO3 community and tagged with 'NIFTREAT24'.

General Points

BYOB: Bring your own beta. In previous years, the exchange has offered a beta-matching service, but we're running at reduced capacity this year, so if you want your work beta-read, please organise this yourself.

Timezones: Deadlines for participants are 11.59pm of the date in question, wherever you might be in the world. Timings for the mod doing stuff are based on 'when I have a spare hour during that day' and I can't be more precise than that.

AO3: You'll be able to add your work to the Nirvana in Fire 2024 Exchange collection on AO3 (currently under construction but you can see last year's collection here). If you need an AO3 invite, we can arrange this, but please let me know before December if possible.

Contact a mod: If you're in the Langya Hall discord server, feel free to ping me @ sinni-ok-sessi on there, or @ withans for a PM. You can also contact me @sinni-ok-sessi or via the @nifexchange24 Tumblr. Nominally I am on Dreamwidth, but I almost never remember to check it, so that's not your best bet. If you sign up, you will receive instructions for how to email me.

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thepythakorean · 10 months ago

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parallels between the boy and the heron and this painting, plus general analysis

Arnold Bocklin, Island of the Dead. 1880

i want to preface this by saying i am by no means an art history nerd, i just happen to know some stuff about the background of this painting in particular.

as soon as mahito is sucked into the tower floor he is standing at the shore of an island surrounded by an endless ocean. he is dwarfed by a large set of golden gates that say something like "those who seek my knowledge shall perish" and an even taller forest of cypress trees. these features all frame a white dolmen (primitive tomb usually made of giant rocks stacked like below) that beckons to him.

this scene immediately struck me since it has so many of the visual elements of the painting. mahito is even framed in the foreground to be so very small approaching these giant, daunting structures just like the boat heading for the island in the painting. besides the tombs, the cypress trees are also traditionally associated with mourning and death at least in europe/the mediterranean. other ghibli movies have lavish european aesthetics tied to characters (howl, yubaba, etc.) but it feels particularly intimate here given that mahito's great granduncle, the creator and ruler of this world, is apparently european and can only pass on his role to a direct descendant. (btw not saying the gaudy european decor signature of howl and yubaba aren't important to their characterization, it def is! i'm just saying it stood out to me in this movie especially.) the cliffs full of stone entrance passageways are prominent later in the movie as himi takes mahito through the parakeet's domain, and interestingly, in the delivery room where natsuko is, there is another dolmen behind her (can't find pics since the movie hasn't been uploaded yet urgh).

the backstory to the painting continues to parallel to the events of the story! so there's 5 versions of this painting. the first three versions were painted in a cemetery close to bocklin's residence which was also full of white headstones and sculptures, and cypress trees. one of his infant children, one of many children he lost, was buried there. the one i posted above is the first/second-- while bocklin was working on the first, a the soon-to-be wife of a politician visited his studio, saw the wip, and commissioned her own version with the added white figure and coffin to commemorate her first husband who had just died of diphtheria. already somewhat similar to how mahito's mother died in the hospital fire (well. she died from the fire but presumably she was there because she was sick) and when his father shortly remarried. these were also added to the initial wip and stuck in later versions of the painting. bocklin later wrote to her, "you will be able to dream yourself into the world of dark shadows". the movie is also very dreamlike-- it's a fantasy world filled with strange creatures, alternate versions of people he knows, and passages that seem to alter the fabric of time and space. people also seem to forget about it as soon as they leave even after spending long periods of time in it like a dream. the painting is also very dreamlike, but why? the warm lighting, maybe not in the version i posted but in a couple others, may explain it, but the island itself resembles the curtains and stage of a theater (referencing the audio clip below the description). even if it doesn't look EXACTLY like that to you, it's definitely a too-perfect little scene in a nebulous expanse of space. this theatrical quality is also shown in the movie by the parakeet uprising side plot as well as the scene when himi and mahito collapse in front of the delivery room-- the curtain falls directly in front of the viewer over them as though a stageplay just ended. oh and a friend mentioned to me how this is a classic hero's journey plot and mirrors orpheus in the underworld. island of the dead has also directly inspired NUMEROUS other works of art, including other paintings, stage productions, and symphonic poems. apparently the painting was so popular many people in berlin hung prints of it in their homes (i do too)! as i stated above though, a lot of the visual elements in the painting were already traditional symbols relating to death so i don't want to 100% conclude that miyazaki was directly inspired by this painting, he may have just also resonated with those symbols independent of bocklin which i still think is awesome.

the first time we see himi also reminded me of the painting. she's wearing a white dress and standing at the bow of a small wooden boat, and though her intentions are to save the warawara from the pelicans, she inevitably kills some of them too. visually and thematically she's like the white figure at the front of the rowboat in the painting. she acts as a guide for mahito (analogous to the rower? he traveled to this world of his own volition but needed a guide) for a good part of the movie and is a collage of life and death. she is a younger but kind of omniscient version of his dead mother; she's known all along she is mahito's mother but is about to be born into the world by the end of the movie and accepts her fate happily. she can control fire which envelops her like how she died in the real world, but is harmless to the touch unless she directs it as a weapon, and as we see with the warawara and pelicans it helps creation but also destroys much like fire's role in the natural world. natsuko, though a separate person from himi, is still connected as a sibling, and we see her wandering into the forest at the beginning of the movie while wearing white like himi, back turned to mahito, and that is what prompts him to first enter the tower. the strange nature of her character that doesn't adhere to a proper time or space parallels the way the white figure completely stands out in the painting, at least the ones with darker lighting. another crazy parallel surrounding fire and wwii between the painting and the movie is that the fourth version of this painting was destroyed during wwii due to bombing, again like how mahito's mother's hospital was presumably set on fire by bombing during the war.

the looming effects of war alluded to throughout the movie eventually tie into its resolution, when mahito accepts his new family that he initially rejected, his own imperfect being, and the fact that one must seek out love to be happy in this bitch of a world. his great granduncle is confused as to why mahito wouldn't want to recreate his own world like him. why would you want to return to the world that killed your mother and rejects you as a person? the world that forces your people to die in war and will eventually drop the deadliest weapon mankind has ever seen even a century from now onto your home? you can make everything perfect here! he's created something of a "paradise" himself, full of lush tropical plants, parakeets, and strange insects (some of them looked like the bugs from nausicaa, another fantastical world of lush nature which is also threatened by war. interesting), almost like a garden of eden, and it so happens to be at the very top of the tower. funnily enough, bocklin also painted this several years later:

Arnold Bocklin, Island of Life. 1888

i don't know much about this one so idk if it's an explicit companion piece to the island of the dead but it certainly looks like it. the similarities are now less apparent to the movie if there are any, it's much less lush but there are exotic plants and uh birds and stuff. this is definitely more likely a case of shared inspiration from the symbols themselves rather than movie directly looking at the painting. anyway clearly the promise of a perfect paradise isn't real, as this is interrupted by a war of his own unwitting creation, the uprising of the parakeets he wanted to breed in a paradise that literally bring about the end of the world. no world will ever be perfect when left long enough to its own devices. life finds a way! plus, this world was created through so much death (the construction workers in hazardous conditions, the way the tower keeps spiriting people away. btw in the english sub mahito's dad calls the whole ordeal a "disappearance" but he says "kamikakushi" in japanese which means "hidden by god" in reference to people who mysteriously disappeared as if from supernatural circumstances and yes that's the word they used in the japanese title of spirited away!!!) and is on the verge of collapsing from reality every three days just because of some building blocks?? the real world may be on fire but it'll go out/burn less badly someday, and at least it won't completely disappear in a snap, not in an easily imagined timescale for a human anyway. it's up to you to make the best of it, and this is what mahito decides. there are also visual allusions to other ghibli movies about the constantly present threat or consequences of war. the only other landmark aside from the island mahito lands on is a line of ships which kiriko later tells him are all fake. it immediately reminded me of the stream of planes in porco rosso which were the souls of dead fighter pilots moving on. the shadow people in the swamp were also reminiscent of those in the train in spirited away, which are never explained to my knowledge but the given that spirited away's characters are largely spirits and the way souls are so similarly designed in this movie makes me feel that they were also souls of people in spirited away.

through this imagined otherworld, there is also the blurring of lines between life and death, reality and imagination. himi plus her dyad with natsuko (they're sisters AND they look exactly the same AND both are mother figures to mahito) are great examples of this. mahito's mother is gone, he knew this and set foot into the world anyway. he rejected natsuko as his new mother but in going through the struggles of the tower he comes to accept familial love for her and even keeps confusing "natsuko" and "mom" while reaching out to her in the delivery room. a family is made up of different people but inevitably you will see each other in each person. in the delivery room scene we see the paper hanging from the ceiling lash out to attack and stick to mahito like tape, it even leaves red marks on him. this is one of the best scenes in the movie to me because of its visual contrast to him rushing to save his mother in the fire. in the fire scene, the real world around him is blurred and distorted and at times so is mahito and especially his mother. the fire doesn't seem to burn him or his clothes (i could be remembering that wrong tho) and the scene cuts off before it shows him possibly going in further. in the delivery room, everything is drawn with clean lineart, no stylization. there is no mistaking the reality of this situation even though this world is conjured, the dawning realization upon mahito that this person is his mother is so visceral that he actively fights through the paper literally snapping its jaws and natsuko spitting her hatred towards him. when mahito is ready to leave the tower, himi leaves through a separate door to be born as his mother sometime in the past though she is not a warawara and knows what has happened/will happen, an exception that further demonstrates the nonlinear nature of time and space in the movie.

after coming out of the tower, the heron tells mahito he should forget everything that happened in there. even his grandmother seemed to have forgotten the whole year she spent in there (it seems like tower time reflects irl time judging by the events of the movie). anything that comes out doesn't just disappear, it transforms into a real-life counterpart as we saw with the pelicans leaving as they were (presumably minus the ability to speak) and the parakeets going from big bloodthirsty things to regular parakeets. so mahito can't just forget, especially because he comes out changed from his experiences in there, not just himself personally but also his changed relationships with natsuko and the heron, and also his little souvenirs. then the movie abruptly ends with mahito narrating that they left for tokyo again shortly after the war ended. i like to think that this was a hopeful ending where mahito maintained that character development and was able to welcome natsuko and his new sibling into his family while being able to seek more friends and family in the future. i've seen other analyses talking about how this movie was semi-autobiographical for miyazaki and i can see it, how events early in his life shaped his personality and how he had to fight to find beauty in a world that otherwise treated him poorly, so i'm glad he ended the movie on that note, although in less words. pretty similar to how spirited away ended, although there was arguably more loss involved, but still hopeful, and that's what i find so powerful about this movie. and like this movie, spirited away involves a dyad between yubaba and zeniba as a device for the hardships and beauty of life, how they're not so discreet at times. as a last kindasorta tie-in to bocklin's work, i'll point again to the island of life which was created after the island of the dead, plus a composition directly inspired by the island of the dead, a symphonic poem with the same title written by sergei rachmaninoff. the last time i listened to this was in high school and it's like. 20 minutes long so i'm too impatient to give it a relisten now but from my vague recollection plus some quick searches it's a very somber piece that escalates into emotional climaxes yet still contains warmer tones, and goes back to the same "rowing" motif at the end. it weaves together evocations of life and death in one piece, also illustrating how the two really are so closely connected.

tl;dr, this was me the entire movie because miyazaki SEEMS to be heavily inspired by this one symbolist painting i happen to like a lot:

also also here's a self portrait of bocklin:

yes, all of his paintings are that cool.

#i'm so excited about this painting!!#there's so many freaking similarities in not just the painting itself but its conception #the boy and the heron #kimitachi wa do ikiru ka #how do you live #studio ghibli #hiyao miyazaki #arnold bocklin #island of the dead #isle of the dead #tweet

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foodfightnovelization · 7 months ago

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Foodfight! Deluxe Sound Storybook Analysis and Discussion

So here it is, here's the book we're going to read together. That's right, I finally got my hands on a copy of the Foodfight! Deluxe Sound Storybook. Now you might be asking what's so interesting about this, since it's clearly a picture book for children even YOUNGER than the novelization's intended target audience, but if you're as fascinated by Foodfight! as I am, it's an absolute treasure. The front cover is made up of various concept art for the film, drawn by Foodfight! character designer Jim George, and the rest of the book consists of absolutely beautiful hand-drawn illustrations by artist Ron Zalme. It's like looking into an alternate timeline where Foodfight! was animated in the style of classic Disney films like Pinocchio or Snow White. Just getting to see versions of these characters and this story that are actually visually appealing is delightful, and it's reminiscent of the early footage of the film before it was retooled into what we know today.

The book inexplicably commands a high price on eBay, which is why I haven't had the chance to talk about it before, but now that I finally have a copy here in front of me (next to the multiple Foodfight! plush toys I own because I'm NORMAL about this movie), it's time to snap, crackle and pop our way into this book and see what lies within.

Now, before I get any further, I'd first like to take a minute to discuss the "sound" element of this book. This is a Deluxe Sound Storybook after all, which means small icons will appear next to words or phrases throughout the story, indicating the reader should press the corresponding button from a soundboard attached to the side. Given these types of books are designed for the very young, I'd imagine the purpose is to help teach word association and auditory learning. Plus, kids just like funny noises! This book in particular contains 16 different sound effects, which the front cover describes as "yummy" seemingly assuming the reader has developed the ability to directly taste sound. Given this is a movie-based storybook, you'd probably assume the sounds are taken, at least in part, from the movie itself right?

Well, you'd be wrong! As you can probably hear from the audio I included of all 16 sound effects (played in the order they are on the soundboard seen above) almost NONE of the characters are voiced by their actual actors, and the rest of the sounds are just miscellaneous foley. While I can't say if this is common for books of this nature, it's interesting to listen and hear just how different the voices are. Mr Clipboard sounds far more menacing and less deranged than Christopher Lloyd's interpretation of the character, Hairy Hold's voice is far more nasally, and Polar Penguin is just portrayed by generic blubbering.

The only character to be voiced by their actor from the movie is Kaptain Krispy, and given that he was voiced by Foodfight! producer George Johnsen in the film, this makes sense as he would've been readily available for recording something like this. Some characters don't even HAVE voice clips- for instance, despite being the main character of the film, Dex is represented only by the sound of a spatula flipping. Overall though, the sounds are remarkably well-done considering they clearly didn't have access to any of the main cast members. You'd easily be forgiven for thinking Lady X and Dan actually WERE voiced by Eva Longoria and Wayne Brady in this, as the impressions are surprisingly convincing. I'd say for what they were trying to do here, they did a great job. Now with that out the way, let's talk about the book itself!

Normally I'd start by discussing the inside cover pages, but there really isn't that much to talk about here. The only noteworthy element I can see is that the copyright date is listed as 2007, whereas the novelization is dated 2008, suggesting this was in the works long before the novelization was. But given that these books take a while to print and publish, and that the Sound Storybook didn't make it to stores until 2008, these dates are fairly non-indicative.

That does bring me to another interesting point of discussion though- unlike the novelization, the Deluxe Sound Storybook was actually published and sold at retail, with various websites and blogs from the time being suitably puzzled as to why tie-in merchandise was being sold for a movie that not only wasn't out yet, but didn't even have a concrete release date. If I had to guess, considering the movie was at one point set to release in 2007, it's possible the Sound Storybook was already printed and shipped out to stores to match that release, only for all the copies to start gathering dust when the movie didn't come out. Retailers, likely not wanting to destroy stock they'd been sitting on for quite some time, sold the books for cheap in the hopes that SOMEBODY would buy them. And thankfully somebody did, which is why we're able to talk about it today! Despite this book being far more expensive than the novelization, it's also far easier to find a copy given it actually made it to shelves, making it easily the most accessible of all the Foodfight! books. So if you ever feel like dropping way too much money on a children's book from over 15 years ago, eBay has you covered.

Just like the movie, the book opens with Mr Leonard closing his store for the night as the last customer of the day leaves, only obviously presented in a way that's far more aesthetically pleasing. Of note is that he appears to be locking the doors from the inside, trapping himself in the building as it transforms into Marketropolis. The man's going to have a heart attack when he sees the what the cereal mascots do after dark... (seriously though, I think it's just for practicality's sake, so we can see both the inside of the store AND him on the same page)

This beautiful illustration is accompanied by some narration from our hero Dex Dogtective, telling us how even though we may think a supermarket is just a place to buy food, we'd actually only be half right. I find it interesting that he mentions you "might recognize him" from the Cinnamon Sleuth cereal box- given at one point there were plans for a real Cinnamon Sleuth breakfast cereal to be released in stores, it seems like they were trying to allude to this while also leaving it somewhat ambiguous in case the food licensing deal didn't come through and no actual cereal ended up being produced. Which is what ended up happening, so it's a good job they just said you "might" recognize him! I also find it funny that Sunshine's raisin packages are the same size as the boxes of Cinnamon Sleuth- who's ever going to need that many raisins? Maybe if you were manufacturing your own Raisin Bran and needed to add two scoops to every delicious bowl, but that's still too many! I always imagined Sunshine Goodness raisins in those tiny snack-packs like Sun-Maid or something, not a giant 17oz cardboard box...

The store transforms into Marketropolis, and I know I've said this already but these illustrations are absolutely FANTASTIC! The character designs look so charming in this artstyle, and it really makes me wish the whole movie could've looked like this. Seeing Marketropolis actually resembling a city at night is fantastic as well, given that it's so horribly lit in the finished film it always looks like it's the middle of the day (despite the basic premise of the film literally being this is what happens when the supermarket closes at NIGHT). Dex and Sunshine look really cute together, and I think it's adorable how he refers to her as "his gal" in the narration. Dex talks about how this is where him and all the other product icons reside, and I can't explain why but I really like the way it's phrased as "At night, this is our world. This where we all live." Dex then goes on to talk about his best friend Daredevil Dan, describing him as "the world's greatest stunt pilot flying squirrel on a chocolate bar wrapper", which is perhaps the most overly narrow superlative I've ever heard. Just how many other stunt pilot flying squirrels are there on the front of chocolate bar wrappers?

Dex goes on to explain that not everyone's as sweet as his Sunshine and that he often has his hands full keeping the aisles safe, as we're treated to another fantastic illustration, this time of him fighting Fat Cat Burglar off with his price-tag gun. I don't have too much to say about these two pages, other than once again mentioning just how much I love the art in this. Part of why I bought the Deluxe Sound Storybook to begin with was so I could share the artwork with everyone, as I simply LOVE how it looks- even Fat Cat Burglar looks great when drawn like this.

Dex attempts to propose to Sunshine, only for Dan to crash his plane while attempting the loop-de-loop, with her disappearing on her way to check on him. What's described here more or less happens the same way in the film, but the artwork depicts it very differently. In the movie, this all happens outside whereas here it's in some sort of restaurant or club. In addition, Dex is wearing his white tux but at this point in the movie he's still in his Indiana Jones gear, and Maximilius is also in a white tuxedo while in the movie it's purple. (However in the case of Maximilius, this is just down to to the white being an earlier look for the character, as on the cover and throughout the rest of the book he's still wearing it)

I have to say, it's crazy how much of this is dedicated to what happens in the first 10 minutes of the movie. We're nearly halfway in, and we've only just gotten to Sunshine's disappearance- not that it's uncommon for storybooks like this to take liberties with the plot, but it does mean the majority of the movie's events are crammed into approximately ten pages and so have far less time to breathe than the first half of the book.

Following Sunshine's disappearance, Mr Clipboard arrives at the supermarket pushing Brand X products, and we're told customers are going crazy for them. While this does happen to some degree in the movie, the art we're seeing here is of a scene that was cut out of the finished film and we've only previously seen in the novelization. In said scene, Mr Clipboard has had a giant Brand X display set up in the store, with a cardboard washing machine that sprays Elixir into the air and attracts customers into buying Brand X products. This scene is important for two reasons- not only does it establish how a washing machine ends up in the store (explaining how Dex and Dan end up trapped in a dryer later on) but it also shows how Brand X's plan is affecting the real world, and the danger it poses to not only the store but to people everywhere as well. On top of that, it's cool to see the way the Brand X display resembles Lady X's tower, as in the movie we don't get to see what it looks like during the day.

Sometime after Brand X's arrival, Dan goes missing and Dex follows the trail right to Lady X. It's here we see yet another scene that was cut from the film and previously only in the novelization- Dex's first encounter with the Xobytes in Lady X's penthouse. (Dex even has two price-tag guns here, something I saw mentioned in the novelization and assumed was a mistake on the author's part as we only ever see him with one in the movie). I really think this scene should've been in the film, as it serves as a proper introduction to the Xobytes, as well as the threat they pose to Dex and the other Ikes.

Dex attempts to fight off the Xobytes with his price tag guns, but he's quickly defeated and wakes up in Lady X's dryer where he finds Dan. The fact that it's a dryer and not a washing machine gives some indication as to which draft of script author Justine Fontes was working from when writing this- the I Can Find It! book (which I covered in a previous post) was based on an earlier draft and had them trapped in a washing machine full of water instead, seemingly changed due to this being too difficult for animators to render. As such, we can hypothesize this book was likely based on the same draft of the script the novelization was, given it's a dryer in both (and later on in the story Brand X are defeated by a lightning storm, whereas in earlier drafts/the I Can Find It! book it's a flood)

Dex and Dan escape the dryer, only to find Brand X is building an entire army of the Xobytes encountered earlier. This scene goes down more or less the same as it does in the movie, but visually looks very different. In the movie Dex and Dan see the army of Xobytes while looking through an air vent, whereas here they spot them from around a corner. In addition, the Brand X War Room looks very different to the way it does in the movie, on top of the Xobytes' poison being green instead of black. However these changes are likely down to Zalme not having any reference images of the room to work with, and so instead coming up with his own version of the design (given even in early footage it looks the same as it does in the final film). In addition to that, some degree of creative liberty is always taken with these kind of books anyway- what looks good on film doesn't necessarily look good on paper, and so you have to come up with something that still looks dynamic and visually appealing as a 2D image.

The book then skips entirely over the part of the plot where they cross the supermarket during the day, visit the Expiration Station, and meet Vlad Chocool, and we instead go straight to Dex and the other Ikes waging a food fight against the Brand X army. While this is a mostly accurate depiction of the battle as it happens in the film, there are still a few changes. For one, Kaptain Krispy and Twinkleton (the blue elephant) are part of the scene, despite both having been rubbed out by Brand X at this point in the film. Granted, the book skips over this part of the plot as well, and they likely wouldn't have wanted to include characters being killed in something intended for very young children, so it's not surprising this change was made. However, it does mean the Ikes are waging a war against Brand X before they've actually done anything to wrong them. I guess Dex and Dan knew they were building an army though, so it was best to just deal with the threat before it became a more serious problem.

Dex gives the signal for his secret plan, and Cheazel T Weasel starts a an electrical lightning storm, destroying the Brand X buildings while the rest of the Marketropolis is safety protected by lightning rods. It's a shame Cheazel only gets a brief mention here- I would've loved to see how he looked in this artstyle, and given he was voiced by director Larry Kasanoff they could have easily got him to voice a line for the soundboard as well. Seriously, how did Lord Flushington get a button on there over Cheazel? One is a toilet frog who has maybe two scenes in the entire movie, and the other is a classic "lovable rogue" character who plays a key role in taking down Brand X, helps save the day, and was even important enough to get his own plush toy. The Brand X Mashed Potato Man is similarly absent from this version of the story, but despite my preference for the character, he isn't particularly relevant to the plot, so this makes sense.

In the midst of the chaos, Dex finds Sunshine at the top of the Brand X tower, and as I'm sure you already know from either watching the movie or reading my analysis of the novelization, it's revealed Lady X had her kidnapped. (I know this is all incredibly obvious, I just like describing the plot of things, okay?) As the building collapses, Dan finally gets the loop-de-loop right and saves both Dex and Sunshine, daring the day and flying away. And damn, I know I've said this at least three times already, but I still can't get over how fantastic these illustrations are! The characters look so charming in this artstyle and they're drawn so dynamically against the night skies of Marketropolis, it's just a visual delight to look at. The one downside to all this is the book's extremely short length- just two more pages and it's over already! I'd have happily read a version of this that was double the length, so we could see how the rest of the characters and story would've looked drawn this way. (We didn't even get to see the Copabanana in this version of the plot) Still, it has all the major beats of the film covered, so let's press on and see how it ends.

Mr Clipboard comes stomping through the store, threatening to destroy Marketropolis. Dex gets Maximilius to use a piece of dental floss as a tripwire, and as Mr Clipboard's head hits the ground it breaks open, revealing he was one of Lady X's robots the whole time. Once again, the Marketropolis is safe, and Dex and Sunshine can finally be together.

This is more or less how the ending goes across all versions of the story (except the I Can Find It! book which Mr Clipboard is entirely absent from), but it does leave out the Lady X revealing she used to be Priscilla Pussly, the Ike for a failed brand of genetically giant prunes, along with Sunshine beating her up so badly her plastic surgery comes undone and she's transformed back into the hideous prune she once was. I'm glad this was left out- as much as I've warmed up to Foodfight! over time, I always thought repeatedly hitting a woman so badly that it destroys everything she's done to feel good about herself was a pretty horrible way to end things. Like yeah, destroy her sense of image and humiliate her in front of everyone, THEN kill her? That's so cruel, aren't Dex and the other Ikes supposed to be the good guys?

Either way, with that we reach the end of the Deluxe Sound Storybook. Despite consisting of an incredibly trimmed-down version of the movie's plot, the beautiful artwork was worth the price of admission alone, and it was truly fantastic to see characters and environments from Foodfight! rendered so beautifully. I'd say it's up there alongside the novelization, meeting the (incredibly low) bar of versions of Foodfight! far better than the finished film. I'm really glad I got to share this book on my blog too- while the Deluxe Sound Storybook has been talked about across various places over the years, nobody made its contents available in their entirety before now. I hope you all enjoyed taking another dive into the fascinating world of Foodfight! merchandise, and shortly after this post I'll make my scans of the book available on the Internet Archive for anyone who wants to check it out for themselves.

If you can believe it, long before I started this blog, all I ever wanted out of Foodfight! was a copy of this book someday so I could see what the movie would've looked like if it hadn't been spoiled before its time. But then I stumbled onto the novelization and realized I just HAD to write about that, then ended up interviewing a cast member, and ultimately ended up getting involved in a documentary that'll satisfy everyone's curiosities about Foodfight! a million times better than the Deluxe Sound Storybook ever could. However, finally getting to discuss what I was originally so fascinated by makes it feel like my blog has truly come full circle. Thank you for joining me on this journey, and I'll see you next time!

#foodfight #dex dogtective #daredevil dan #lady x #analysis #book review #mr clipboard #deluxe sound storybook

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Welcome to #FRobinMonth2024, a whole month of #FRobin goodness! 06 Feb - 09 March

Week 1: 06 Feb - 13 Feb

Word prompt: Publisher Music prompt: Green Day - Extraordinary girl Visual prompt: Autumn bridge Questions: 1) When did you start shipping Franky x Robin? 2) Who do you think is the most romantic one between the two?

Week 2: 14 Feb - 21 Feb

Word prompt: Sunlight Music prompt: Billy Joel - She’s Always A Woman Visual prompt: Winter rose Questions: 1) Do you have any FRobin merch, be it official or fan made? 2) What’s your headcanon for their future?

Week 3: 22 Feb - 29 Feb

Word prompt: In your arms Music prompt: Talking Heads - This must be the place Visual prompt: Spring cat Question: 1) Which meme do you associate with Frobin? 2) Which is your favorite scene?

Week 4: 01 Mar - 09 Mar

Word prompt: Blueprints Music prompt: Walk the Moon - Shut up and dance Visual prompt: Summer train Question: 1) How did Robin apologize to Franky after squeezing his family jewels? 2) When did you start shipping Franky x Robin?

Additional Inspiration for the whole month:

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How do I participate?

Create something related to the prompts (one, two, or all three or just answer one or both questions) and our OTP. Upload it and enjoy that you created something.

But I can’t draw or write…

Don’t worry! There is so much more you can do! All forms of media/art are allowed! Editing a video, writing a fanfiction, formulating a headcanon or an analysis. Drawing a fanart, editing a graphic or creating a moodboard. Recording an audio or a musical composition, creating a playlist of songs, getting out your cosplay or doing a photoshooting with some merch you own, maybe giving a recommendation to a fanart or fanfiction! Also, for the first time we’ll add questions that you can write answers to! Just share your answers!

Let’s get creative! Everything is welcome!

Don’t be shy with liking and reblogging each other’s work.

Will you reblog/retweet my work?

Heck, yeah we will! Please use the hashtag #FRobinMonth24 as the first tag (Tumblr) and tag us in your text @frobinfandays or, on Twitter, @FrankyAndRobin or @frobin.bsky.social on bsky.

Rules:

Everyone is welcome to participate.

This is an event to celebrate the romantic involvement of Franky and Robin from One Piece, but portrayals of them as friends are welcome too! (But no other ships with either of them.)

No reposting of other people’s work! (Sharing a link is fine, using official works for edits is also fine.)

You are absolutely allowed to use the visual prompts in your work!

You do not need to have a Tumblr blog to participate on Tumblr. However, if you would like to see your work featured on the FRobinFandays blog, we need you to submit it to us. (You can stay anonymous if you want to.)

We’ll also have this event on Twitter! Post your stuff there too and tag the FRobin Twitter @FrankyAndRobin and also use the hashtag #FRobinMonth24.

First time we’ll also have this event on bsky @frobin.bsky.social and also just write FRobin in the post (I’m not sure how it works just yet).

Everyone else feel free to check out what is happening on those social media platforms!

Sharing your links from Twitter on Tumblr (as a submission for example) and other social media sites is absolutely fine!

Don’t worry if you’re no native speaker. Write in the language you feel comfortable with!

(I don’t feel like it should have to be said but…) No bashing on other artists’ works or harassing others. Franky and Robin would never approve of bullying, and neither will we.

Please help to spread the word with spreading this post.

Have fun! <3

Feel free to ask, just leave a comment on this document, ask on Tumblr or on Twitter!

Rules on Google

#FRobinMonth24 #FRobin #Cyborg Franky #Nico Robin #Franky x Robin #One Piece #Rules #long post #ship week #sorry for it taking so long #Youtube

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blindbeta · 2 years ago

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A trope I see used is "sighted people explaining colors to blind people", like "blue is like cold water", "red is like fire", etc. Is that a thing that actually happens? And how do actual blind people feel about it?

Explaining Colors to Blind People

Personally, I don’t believe it is necessary. Blind people do like to know about color, but we don’t really need people explaining that pink is like flower petals, as romanticized as this idea is. Describing a sweater using a color and shade would suit our needs most of the time.

To explain, most blind people can actually see something. Blindness is a spectrum. A lot of us can see colors depending on what our vision is like. This trope comes up because most media portrays only one blind character who is almost always totally blind. While totally blind representation is a wonderful thing, this can lead to some confusion among those who have never met a blind person.

Additionally, some people go totally blind later in life and retain memory of colors.

Explaining colors in media is mostly done for the totally blind characters. However, this is where the description of unnecessary also applies!

To explain, most blind people already associate colors with concepts, moods, textures, or sounds by childhood. Since a lot of media focuses on children, teen, and adult characters, explaining colors wouldn’t be necessary. It may also be unwelcome if someone prefers not to listen to other’s perceptions of color. On the other hand, some blind people may be interested in how others perceive color even if they aren’t changing their own ideas.

Anyway, unless a child is very young and interested in colors, I don’t find explaining colors to blind characters to be a very realistic or helpful gesture.

Instead, it would be helpful to describe more scenery, images, text, or other visual things to blind characters and blind people in real life. Scenes in media often bypass providing descriptions by having a character share a wistful, “I wish you could see it.” It would be a nicer gesture to have characters casually describe things instead.

Most blind people don’t need or welcome descriptions of what colors are. They may, however, like actual descriptions of patterns in clothing items, color and style in art, or audio descriptions for visual media.

I believe people get too caught up in the idea of blind people not being able to see colors that they forget there are pretty of other things blind people can’t see (or can’t see well enough) that they aren’t as willing to put effort into describing.

If anyone else would like to share their experiences with this or their personal opinions, please share in the notes or reblogs!

#trope discussion #blind #blind characters #writing blind characters #ask #blind people

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soundsaboutrighttumblr · 2 years ago

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After finale ramble.

The Eighth Sense and its visual storytelling, the artfulness and the sheer effect with which they make the stories visible, highlighted, in colors, in light and dark, in acting, in movement. Like, of course they use sound, too, they appeal to all the senses that film medium can, visual, auditory, even associations of scent and smell and touch just by the heightening of the audio-visual experience, through filters, distortions, manipulations, framing, score, lyrics, leading the eye and the expierence. Artful and so well-made that it stands out in its emotional impact.

The editing, the extreme close ups, the alteration between movement and stillness, hand camera, aerial drone views, reverse, above water under water upside down mirror views too close too make up what you’re looking at for a moment... it all makes you almost dizzy at times, as even your vestibular sense is appealed to by these very physical visual techniques and effects, too, right next to all the themes and metaphors about balance throughout the text.

I do love the theories about the series title I’ve seen around, about the seventh sense being proprioceptive (movement and how you place, orient yourself) and the eighth one being interoceptive (internal, your physical needs, maybe in extension emotional needs, as it is a story about listening to those and healing/growing/moving).

I dare say this series comments on and appeals to all of them, through the technical use of medium, its metaphors and its art and messages about the human experience, and life being the use of all those senses, exitsting through and inside them, life being all of those experiences and the changes inbetween, the stillness, the stagnation, the getting moving again, the waves, the being tossed by waves, the watching of a tamed ocean inside a fish tank, the just dipping your toes in water. The salt-water tears you cry.

I came here to say. Just having watched the last two eps, and there’s just so much there, so many things, layers, so many artful things, but boy did I feel a visceral reaction when Jaewon started moving again, walking with that skip in his step to school, down the stairs.

Because what does depression do to you, it makes you stuck and stagnant, holding yourself still, frozen, preserving energy, paralyzing you. It reads all over your body, its immobility and rigidness. The acting on this is impeccable and had a visceral effect on me.

And then? When that animation comes back to you, to Jaewon, in that skip in his step, the animation of his face, elasticity and livelyness, the sheer movement of it all, that means feeling alive? How yes, there’s work and growth and healing that brought him there but sometimes it just happens, suddenly, just so? To make that point visible through these short scenes of walking, and the relief I felt, the energy?

Even the flow of meandering through the city feels like progress made visible, but when he walks again, with purpose, the acting out of that walk towards Jihyun, arms swinging, hands engaged, whole body motion walking with purpose?

That scene hit hard, will stay with me, because everything about those last two eps made that story visible, the getting back into movement, movement as what makes this life, the rush of it after stillness, that leaves you reeling. They took me along on that journey with those last eps, reminded me.

The evocativeness of this series and how it’s made, of taking you along on that ride, put you through it, all senses engaged, remind you of life... a very cathartic one, this one. No I’m not crying. I am actually so elated.

I do love those shows the best, that put you through the story’s experience as a viewer, by the means of the medium and publishing, too. Shows that guide and engage your emotional journey in a way that adds deeper layers of meaning to the messages, and is a very potent message in itself, I feel. Especially if you end on a positive hopeful note, much needed in these times.

Catharsis, yes. Connection through art, too.

Wow and thank you.

#the eighth sense #reaction #i just started typing #just an unedited ramble #so impressed and moved #surely not all i'll have to say but just a first rambly wave of wow

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leeahqueen · 1 year ago

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Noan - Qixi Festival Communication

Noan: Since you have come to see me today as we agreed, I will also give you this deleted video according to the last part of the agreement.

Noan: But…you looked tired when you came here, are you still so busy lately?

Noan: Those piles of problems are not caused by one person, don’t assign them to yourself and think about solving them alone.

Noan: Lonely maturity will bring decay in addition to value…Commandant, rely on the people around you a little more and rely on me a little more.

Skk: I will, Noan.

A Gift From Noan

<<Dark Aries>>: An interview program filmed by the News Department of the Art Association for the third reorganization of <<Dark Aries>>. Some things are better not explained.

From: Noan

Item details: Love Movie

A gift given to the commandant by the members on Qixi Festival carries the strong love of the giver.

Audio-visual products specially customized for commandant. It is carefully sealed in a collection box, and only special people can open it.

#punishing gray raven #noan #pgr noan

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burlveneer-music · 2 days ago

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Devonanon - Richard & John - one for the Ghost Box/Clay Pipe aficionados, though this gets more experimental. Vinyl edition comes in a lovely folding cover with art by David Huang (see below)

Eight years after their debut, 𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴, audio-visual enquirers John B McKenna and Richard Greenan re-appear as Devonanon, to share the findings of a decade-long sonic experiment. Like its predecessor, 𝑹𝒊𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅 & 𝑱𝒐𝒉𝒏 is a living, breathing collection of field recordings and compositions, gathered gradually from remote corners of the pair's lives. Familiar waypoints - interwoven microtonal synths, regurgitated live performances, polite whispering, and the gurgling hum of vehicles (land and sea) - all fold into the perpetual stew. Where 𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘺 read like a crumpled postcard account of fraternal reportage, 𝑹𝒊𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅 & 𝑱𝒐𝒉𝒏 is a tone poem on something more amorphous, and out of time - a garbled history of human closeness, upheaval and mark-making, that seems to buckle and creak like a tapestry with no beginning or end. No two spoonfuls are the same, as our story reels through kosmische library stylings ('Wilderness Engine'), to cortex-quieting free association ('Generate Countryside'), and baroque instrumentation ('Blood Laughing'). Recommended if you like CS + Kreme, Pierre Mariétan, Kirk Barley. 𝑹𝒊𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅 & 𝑱𝒐𝒉𝒏 was created in conversation with the visual artist David Huang. 'Blood Laughing' features Masayoshi Fujita on marimba and vibraphone, and Rosa Juritz on bassoon.

#Devonanon #electronic #field recordings #experimental #uk #kit records #2024 #Bandcamp

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msvorderofoperations · 4 months ago

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Actually, I need to talk more about weird animation.

When Defunctland made the video a while back about the Disney channel theme and it's associated bumpers (and spoke profoundly on the nature of the "use" of art and the difficulty of legacy in modern society, but I digress), it reminded me of the station idents from Teletoon, a Canadian TV channel that focused on animation. As comprehensive as the archivists work that was cited in that video is, there are far fewer people working on the same for Canadian ephemera. Which makes a certain amount of sense, since there is both less overall Canadian material to be saved, and far fewer people familiar with the media to want to track it down.

So when I tried looking up the idents that I remembered, there was basically nothing, and what little there was had very low quality. Fast forward to a couple weeks ago when I rewatched the Disney Channel Theme video. I tried again looking up in any of the other databases if there was anything on Teletoon. And this time, I saw that there was a draft of a page for the network as a whole on the Audio Visual Identity Database. It's still in limbo as a draft, because they only have the history going up to 2011. There are missing images, video embeds that no longer work, etc. All fairly standard problems (I imagine) for dealing with a TV network that existed in the pre-digital age.

However! They had all of the idents from when the channel first came into being, and were the ones I remembered! They have individual clips of each, from across a few different youtube channels. They had specific branding for each of the four main programming blocks, which I always found fascinating and a useful barometer for what kind of tone to expect. A full description of each clip used as well as production credits can be found in the draft of the page here.

In rewatching them again, in the suggested videos I was able to find a single video that has all of the idents used from 1997-1998 that is also very good quality.

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What's wild to me though is the fact that all of these extremely stylistically different skits are done by a single animation house. Claymation, traditional hand-drawn cel animation, photo-collage, and papier mache stop motion. The breadth of skill needed to not only be able to convey very fast storytelling, but also across entirely different media is amazing. Cuppa Coffee Studios does amazing and invisible work. The ones that I have the most vivid memories of are the photo-collage car that gets completely randomized after hitting a bump, and the very last one. The 90's were an incredible time for animation, and that people were really comfortable getting DEEPLY weird with it even in mass media, is something I legitimately miss.

I feel I should mention at this point that even after I grew out of childhood, Teletoon remained my favourite TV channel for a very long time. Their commitment to only having animation or shows about the animation process helped me foster a love of the craft in all it's forms. And that they had animation from all different eras and sophistication (I'm pointedly not saying mature here, because a lot of their mature content wasn't [looking at YOU Duckman]) also showed me the breadth of what storytelling was possible in the medium. Being an agent of imperialist colonialism and being abandoned when you no longer served a purpose! The difficulties of running a small business in rural Southwestern America! Ivanhoe! The many MANY different iterations of Scooby Doo! And that was just the weekday afternoon block!

As I write this, I know that almost no one is going to have the same fondness for this thing I experienced as a kid. All the same, it does make me sad to see that Teletoon as a distinct identity is now gone. In 2023, it was fully replaced by Cartoon Network in all of it's branding and affiliate stations. It's just more of the same of the whole "these three companies own all media", but it's still a strange thing to see. Teletoon existed in the first place because outside of very specific circumstances it was actually impossible to get Nickelodeon or Cartoon Network in Canada. So seeing something created explicitly to occupy a space that a corporate entity refused to engage with get replaced by the same rankles more than a little. It doesn't even really matter that much to me, as I haven't watched network or cable television regularly in well over a decade. But still. Knowing how CN has historically and currently treated it's artists at every level certainly doesn't help.

In any case, thanks for letting me ramble about weird animation history for a bit.

#Teletoon #Animation #90's ephemera #Cuppa Coffee Studios #Youtube

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Btw ALL CRAFTS BENIFIT FROM INCREASING YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF MECHANICAL FORCES AND THE SHAPES OF ENGINEERING.

I grew up with my maternal grandparents visiting every summer with their trailer attatched ( heavy duty, biiig truck needed, deseil, associate the smell with their visits to this day, and the characteristic sound of the idiling engine ) and working with my Engineer ( Computer Science + UI Design, Electrical, HVAC, Boiler operation and troubleshooting, specialization in retrofitting old buildings with large multifloor airflow systems with minimal disturbance to the original structure, later trained to supervise new construction + oversee and assist in the labor of installation on site ) Dad to plan, construct, and install home and barnyard improvements / modifications / upgrades.

Not only were the blocks I played with from age 6 months to 14 years old made from scrap wood with the edges sanded off to make em kiddo safe, I was often Around as Dad and Grandpa were drawing on grid paper, discussing weight distribution, load bearing beams, when a box support is needed, how the square design of a box support is modified and how measurements on paper became the pieces that made a whole heckin chicken coop in one summer. As I got older I was trusted to read off those measurements so no one had to come down off a ladder to check things, and read the tape measure from the bottom and call out appropriate adjustments before a trim line is drawn. Dad goes down, Grandpa goes up, he checks the measurement again and makes his own mark. If they match, they cut. If they don't, they discuss how they made the measurement to troubleshoot why they got different results, and then we did it again to ensure understanding had been reached.

Measure until its consistant, accept human error, accept it happens All The Time, and check things until You Are Certain. THEN trim material.

A similar addage is learned in sewing; measure twice, cut once.

Mathamatics teaches guess and check, a handy principal in fibercrafts of all kinds.

Those scrap blocks I mentioned? Taught me about mechanical forces like gravity, friction, weight distribution across multiple shapes and which shapes built up best without falling over or bracing; all principals I applied later not only in crafting DIY stuff around the house but also within my artistic practice when imagining and arting locations, clothing, and people.

A lot of practical knowledge gets locked behind the barrier of Theoretical Physics ( i.e when its just numbers on paper Theorizing On How A Thing May Work In Real Space ) before an institution will let ya get your brain onto some real instruction. But there's a lotta things you can do to learn these things in your own home, and most are forms of play or creative hobbies.

Near everything you do with your body and brain together benifits both, in skill and theorizing on future intentions as they go from an idea to something others can SEE and sometimes even HOLD IN THEIR HANDS.

I still firmly beleive the ability to idiate upon something until one figures out How To Show It To Someone Else is truely the closest humans get to Actual Magic, and exists somewhere within everything people make or actuate with their physical person. And I think that undefinable Magic is what we call Art. The Arts. Crafting, creative, visual, audio, narrative, culinary, woodworks, masonry, smithing, fiberworks, fabrics, tailoring, and more than I even know to name because the catagory of Things People Imagine And Then Make Real is PRETTY FREAKIN WIDE.

These things are not sperate from the "hard" bodies of study and practice, math used to be considered magical and esoteric, and only became respectable when Accurate Measurement caused less people to die at the Apothocary, birthing the More Respectable Alchemist, and later into just Chemist-- all based on Math; an imagined system applied to the real world, bounded on proven precepts that are applied over and over and over to LITERALLY ANYTHING we can try it on to see If It Still Tracks Or We Missed Something-- thus why Gravity Is A Theory, and why Theory is one of the strongest words in scientific study, physics, and so on; it means It has Survived Years Of Genuine And Strenious Testing, Found Every Way It Was Wrong, And Continue Tweaking And Testing And CALIBRATING Our Imagined Incraments To Measure The World And Think More Accurately About Future Intentions.

Like the practice of all crafts and arts.

I guess this is Art Theory now? 🤷🏼

#blog #art #craft #theory #math #science #engineering

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Unit 2 Blog Post

I have always been captivated by the night sky. Craning my neck upwards to witness their beauty is something I have been doing for as long as I can remember. As a visual learner, my ideal role as an environmental interpreter would be in a visually captivating environment; a national park where the aurora borealis lights up the night sky. The perfect setting to showcase to visitors the mysteries and wonders of the natural world.

(Creative Commons CC0, Image From: https://pixabay.com/photos/aurora-borealis-nothern-lights-1156479/)

My role as an environmental interpreter would not just entail relaying facts -it would be about creating connections between the environment and visitors' personal experiences. According to Freeman Tilden, “one of the key principles of interpretation is that it must relate to something within the visitor's personality or experience; otherwise, the message will feel sterile.” Whether it’s a visitor’s first encounter or their hundredth, my job would be to help them see these experiences in a new light. As Tilden noted, “Interpretation is an art form that combines many disciplines.” Whether I’m explaining the science behind a natural phenomenon, or the cultural stories associated with the aurora borealis. My goal would be to make elements of nature evoke strong personal emotions in the visitors.

One of the most fascinating aspects of being a nature interpreter is its blend of art and science. My job as a nature interpreter would allow me to bridge the gap between my scientific knowledge and presenting it to the public. I am deeply artistic, and I study science. I would design educational programs - nature walks, workshops, and live demonstrations. I also aim to appeal to different learning styles. What works for me, may not work for others, and I want that experience to be inclusive to everyone. Whether designing stations with video and audio, information booths with tactile displays, or paths dedicated to self-exploration; my role as a nature interpreter would allow me to turn curiosity into a lifelong love for nature, making a meaningful impact on how others experience and understand the world around them.

My ideal skill set would require strong communication skills. Conveying complex scientific ideas engagingly and understandably would be fundamental. Additionally, a good grasp of the local ecology is also fundamental. Understanding ecosystems and the northern lights would enable me to provide accurate and relevant information and answer questions effectively. Finally, adaptability is something I strive for. Each day, an audience may present unique challenges, so being flexible in my approach would allow me to engage diverse groups effectively and respond to different learning needs. It allows me to reflect on my role and become an improved nature interpreter.

The role of an environmental interpreter is one role where I see the possibility of being in one day. When I picture myself in a career that drives a passion inside me, this one comes to mind. I have so much love and passion for nature and the environment around me, and I constantly want to share my knowledge about life with those around me. I am still confused about my future career, but nature interpretation may be a new pathway.

(Myself at the Peace Arch Provincial Park, British Columbia)

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How to Manifest What You Want Quickly

Manifestation is the art of bringing your desires into reality through the power of thought and intention. Whether it's attracting abundance, love, success, or any other desire, mastering the skill of manifestation can significantly impact your life. In this article, we'll explore effective techniques to manifest what you want quickly and effortlessly.

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Understanding Manifestation

At the core of manifestation lies the law of attraction, which states that like attracts like. This means that the thoughts and beliefs you hold emit a certain frequency that attracts similar energies into your life. Therefore, by aligning your thoughts with your desires, you can attract them into your reality.

Setting Clear Intentions

One of the first steps in manifesting what you want is to set clear intentions. Clarity is key when it comes to manifestation, as the universe responds to specific requests. Take the time to identify exactly what you want and why you want it. Write down your intentions in detail, ensuring they are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound (SMART).

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Visualization is a powerful manifestation tool that involves mentally imagining yourself already in possession of your desired outcome. Close your eyes and create a vivid mental image of yourself living your desired reality. Engage all your senses to make the visualization as real as possible, and feel the emotions associated with achieving your goals.

Affirmations

Affirmations are positive statements that reinforce your desired beliefs and outcomes. By repeating affirmations daily, you reprogram your subconscious mind to align with your desires. Craft affirmations that are present tense, positive, and emotionally charged. For example, instead of saying, "I want to be wealthy," say, "I am abundantly wealthy."

Gratitude Practice

Gratitude is a powerful amplifier of manifestation. When you express gratitude for what you already have, you attract more things to be grateful for into your life. Start each day with a gratitude practice by listing things you're grateful for. Cultivate an attitude of gratitude throughout the day, and watch how it transforms your reality.

Letting Go of Resistance

Resistance arises from limiting beliefs and negative thought patterns that block the flow of abundance into your life. Identify any limiting beliefs that are holding you back and work on releasing them. Practice techniques such as mindfulness, meditation, and energy healing to let go of resistance and open yourself up to receiving your desires.

Taking Inspired Action

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Practicing Patience

Manifestation is not always instantaneous, and it's essential to practice patience throughout the process. Understand that there is divine timing at play and that your desires will manifest when the time is right. Avoid dwelling on lack or impatience, and instead, focus on trusting the process and staying open to receiving.

Maintaining a High Vibration

Your energetic vibration determines what you attract into your life. To manifest quickly, it's crucial to maintain a high vibrational frequency. Surround yourself with positive people, environments, and experiences. Practice self-care, engage in activities that bring you joy, and cultivate a mindset of abundance and positivity.

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Removing Blocks and Limitations

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tamashii--0--naturanimae · 5 months ago

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Some music I just love. :)

Hi everyone. :) Some time ago I shared with you some music that fits well to my identity as soul, but I wrote in that post that my music taste is quite wide, so today I want to show you some music I discovered when this body was 11 years old and it's fascinating for me to this day.

It's music from japanese movement called Visual Kei, it's as music, fashion and subculture, as music you can find there almost all music genres and different styles, and artists just love experiments with music, but also many rock and metal bands are there. Whole movement started from metal band X Japan in early 80s, they wanted to show japanese people that being different, looking different, showing your true emotions, saying what you really thing and talking about difficult topics is ok, there's nothing wrong with it. Japanese people are known of being very closed and not talking what they think and not showing what they really feel, and in past japanese society was even more grey than now, then being different than others was associated with something really bad... As first Visual Kei became very popular, but in 90s it started to be kinda niche and is like that since these days, but also because of western fans it's more and more popular. So lyrics and emotions are very important in Visual Kei music (of course origins of this movement were 40 years ago and now there are maaanyy subgenres, so not all have such deep lyrich, and it really depends on bands, even in the same subgenre).

Visual Kei have some connections with traditional japanese theater kabuki, so there are some theatrical elements especially in clean vocals and behavior. Everything is art there, I mean, musicians are amazing, visual side of band changes all the time when they releasing something new (in japanese music industry artists releasing more often that western artists), also music videos and live performances are amazing.

Most of Visual Kei musicians are guys, there are not many woman (i'm telling from physical perspective, it's not common in Japan to telling about being LGBTQ+, so maybe some of them are, but I don't know...), even if someone looks like girl, it probably guy. :P From my list only band Ganglion had only female members, bassist from The Sound Bee HD is female and also singer of Kuroyoubi.

My list is mix of many genres and styles, some are really heavy like metalcore, there are some symphonic metal songs, some more like folk metal (japanese folk), rock, ballads, some funky etc.

In some songs I chose there are english subs in videos, I will also add links to english translations of some, to some there are japanese lyrics, because I can't find any english translation, I'm sorry. :( You can translate then with some translator, maybe it's not ideal, but you will have some idea what song is about. And to some I don't have even japanese lyrics... Just enjoy music!

Oh, and one more note. In Visual Kei many songs sounds "happy", but in reality lyrics are deep, heavy, depressive... I think it's amazing contrast and it showing emotions from lyrics even more. And Visual Kei isn't for everyone, it's really different, and unfortunately many people think bad about guys who wearing make up etc... So if you don't like such things, probably it's not for you, just warning. ;)

I hope you will like this. :)

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As first few songs I really love, they means a lot to me:

・First is The Gazette - Dim Scene live (english subs in video), it's my favourite band ever, all their songs are amazing and have deep and heavy lyrics. Sorry about live performance, I just love that one. :D

・Second is Deadman - Follow the Night Light PV (english subs in video), one of my favourite bands from more dark and gloomy subgenre of Visual Kei called Nagoya Kei.

・Another is D'espairsRay - Paradox 5 audio (english translation of lyrics), this song is just amazing, it's about someone who's beloved died, but lyrics are like thoughts about journey to next incarnation and hopes that beloved won't suffer because of they were separated... I love it soo much!

・Next is Girugämesh - Kowarete Iku Sekai PV (english subs in video), this song is about what humans doing to each other and to Mother Earth... People are talking about "The Seed" by Aurora, but I think more people should hear this song, it squeezing my heart every time I'm listen to it...

・Another song is Kaya - Villain MV (english translation of lyrics), Kaya is one of a few openly gay people in Japan, he's bisexual and crossdresser, and this song is about being different.

・Next, Luna Sea - Another audio (english translation of lyrics), it's song from late 90s, by one of the first Visual Kei bands, I just love this song so much.

・Another is Xaa-Xaa - Mazarenai MV (english subs in video), song about people who can't be together because of many different reasons, differences in character, skin color, origin, gender, etc, I love how it's shown in MV.

・ Next is Kizu - 0 MV (english subs in video), song about stupid japanese TV shows and what people can do to be famous... Warning, some drastic scenes in this MV.

・Next song is Chanty - Anata Dake wo Kowashite Kazatte Mitai MV (japanese lyrics in comment section), song without english subs (sorry), but this band often making songs about that dark side of personality, you will know what song is about while watching this MV. Warning, also some drastic scenes, not like in "0" by Kizu, but still someone can be sensitive...

・And last from this section is The Sound Bee HD - Endless Dead MV, without any lyrics, I'm sorry... But this song just is perfect for me when I'm depressed, works soo well to fill my emotions...

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Here are some other songs with english translations of lyrics:

・Dexcore - Red Eye MV (english lyrics, in description box)

・Matenrou Opera - Helios PV (english subs in video)

・D - Draconids audio (english translation of lyrics)

・Dimlim - Vanitas MV (english translation of lyrics)

・-Shintenchi Kaibyaku Shudan- ZigZag - Boukyaku no Kanata MV (english translation of lyrics)

・Umbrella - Haiki audio (english translation of lyrics)

・Jiluka - Venфm (english lyrics, in video)

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Songs with only japanese lyrics, and one have chinese translation in comment section:

・Shiva - Sugari MV (japanese lyrics)

・Dezert - The Walker MV (japanese lyrics)

・Ashmaze. - Jidai audio (japanese lyrics)

・Creature Creature - Yume Kagami audio (japanese lyrics)

・3470.mon - Kyuuo-san MV (japanese lyrics)

・Archemi. - Suuhai MV (japanese lyrics)

・Fukuro - BitterChoco MV (japanese lyrics in comment section)

・Xanvala - Yura Yura audio (japanese lyrics)

・Rorschach.inc - Watchmen MV (japanese lyrics in description box)

・Raymei - Hyakka Ryouran MV (chinese translation in comment section)

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And last section, songs without any lyrics:

・Zera - Shangri La audio

・Houts - Enter audio

・Ganglion - Heart of Ripley audio

・Sakashimana Haguruma wo Kamen ga Warau。- Round and Round audio

・Damned - Thanatosis MV

・Kuroyoubi - Fukanzen'na Sekai MV

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Hmm... I don't know why some links are underlined in black and some in green... Just ignore it!

I know it's a lot, sorry. :D But I'm listen to like... 150 Visual Kei artists? So it's not many compares to all bands I'm listen to. :D

If you listened to some songs from my list, I'm really happy! Let me know what you think. ;)

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