Meanwhile,

After ten standard months I was done, acknowledging the ancient aphorism to the effect that no book or poem is ever finished, merely abandoned.

The Poet, Hyperion Cantos

كتب الشعر في يوم و صححه في عام

200K words strong. God I hope I won't go back to trich or derma to ease out the unflushed ideas.

Allez ma grande, courage.

Whisper of the Heart

It's been a while since I rewatched this. It was on the loop during 2010's summer.
But there is a keen pleasure to watch it with a dear friend who never got around discovering the works of Ghiblis.

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.