Inochi No Namae いのちの名前

The Name of Life.

I don't think Chihiro realized the extent of it and its weight and its consequences and overall, its fractal process, when she was stepping back into the "human world" with her parents. She got a hint  of it and turned, then got a hint of it and looked for few moments at the tunnel. Maybe someday, she will be collecting dry laundry and then it will hit her. Maybe it will never happen. Maybe it will happen in the school, who knows. There is no methodology.

I think Haku was the one to feel the extent of Life at that separation and he kept it to himself, and he shared the hope they would meet again, for he will always be in her heart.

Ultimately, it's this soundtrack that renders the extent of the emotion stuck in that moment, and I think this particular artwork at that particular moment, is the fractal of Life.

It's just there and I look fully inward while listening to it, feeling it in every cell of my body and thinking about old days and coming days in the freshness of a dry summer among the green of the North or the sand of the South. I think of that sweetness of that solitude, the melancholy of it and just like that, I get a speeding ticket.

On rewatch

Her Magic Deepened

^^

I happen to put it in other words : It never ceases to everfold, yet it has a Core. There is therefore no words to give the whole account but there is the common shared essence, seen by those who can see such things. My sweet white haired Gardner King

Beautiful Yet Cursed Dreams

Kingdom of Dreams and Madness on rewatch.

 

Poor Miyazaki-san...
All I know is that I've never worked on an engine or an airplane aimed for military uses. Not that I didn't have the choice...
This whole affair is sad and stupid.

Saturday's Cartoons

I was about to launch Scrubs while we're having breakfast, but my homie had a different idea:

-"I'd rather watch cartoons, reminds of when we were children."

That's a perfect timing to introduce her to Nausicaä.

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind on rewatch.

Go team Ghibli!

Making a friend discover Ghiblis.

On the Prince-Princess roles

I do not think that heroes should be portrayed as strapping young men that save the day by fighting against an overpowering evil beast. Children needn’t grow up believing that they need physical strength to be considered “strong”.

I also find that women are all too often portrayed as weak, helpless, or in need of rescuing and it is often a strong, young prince who comes to save her from her struggles. Many of my movies have strong female leads-brave, self-sufficient girls that don’t think twice about fighting for what they believe in with all their heart.

They’ll need a friend, or a supporter, but never a savior. Any woman is just as capable as being a hero as any man.

----Hayao Miyazaki

In The Secret Room

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind on rewatch.

We talked about our mutual admiration of Miyazaki's works, senseï and I. His favorite one is My Neighbor Totoro. Mine is Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind.

Senseï says we will watch Nausicaä or Whisper of the Heart during a lesson, Japanese with English subtitles.

I'm looking forward to that. Thank you senseï.

Once again, how can a senseï rock more? I give my immediate total seal of approval to people who nurture love towards FF VII or Miyazakis.

Some Cute Pick-me-up

Whisper of the Heart on rewatch: this Ghibli has been there for me through my time in Tangier, my uninspired times and my undisciplined and forgetful ones.

Here it is, to the rescue again.

Hayao, I'm speechless, thanks for that.

I’ve become skeptical of the unwritten rule that just because a boy and girl appear in the same feature, a romance must ensue. Rather, I want to portray a slightly different relationship, one where they two mutually inspire each other to live– if I’ m able to, then perhaps I’ll be closer to portraying a true expression of love.

---Hayao Miyazaki