History of Animation: Gumbasia – Gumby and the Avant Guard
Here’s an excerpt from a great little essay by Animation Obsessive:
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HL Mencken on critic as catalyst
I propose the substitution [in Joel Springarn’s phrase “Creative Criticism”*] of “catalytic” for “creative,” despite the fact that “catalytic” is an unfamiliar word, and suggests… Read More »HL Mencken on critic as catalyst
Barbara Gail Montero on flow and sprezzatura
Hat-tip: The Whippet #168 These excerpts are from Montero’s article Against Flow, in Aeon magazine. Recommended. Against the flow; or, Improving Everything When I was… Read More »Barbara Gail Montero on flow and sprezzatura
The History of Animation: Stop-motion in the 21st Century at Aardman
See also: Animation History: The Surprising History of Mickey MouseAlan Becker: Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston’s 12 Principles of Animation (and a bit of the… Read More »The History of Animation: Stop-motion in the 21st Century at Aardman
The skill – taste gap: educating taste
What are you doing to improve your taste? I’m sure you have your own ideas, but here’s what I’ve been thinking about: to educate your… Read More »The skill – taste gap: educating taste
The skill – taste gap: compromising taste
“How can I improve my technique?” “How can I make my vision a reality?” We spend a lot of energy trying to close the skill… Read More »The skill – taste gap: compromising taste
Vanity, vanity
Vanity (in the sense of excessive concern for our own appearance) makes us ugly. At conception (in the sense of coming up with ideas and… Read More »Vanity, vanity
Unreal City: T. S. Eliot’s Wasteland Jukebox feat. Dall-E [known to be the wisest woman in Europe]
She smoothes her hair with automatic hand,And puts a record on the gramophone. I. Chaucer Chopped Whan that Aprille with his shoures soote,The droghte of… Read More »Unreal City: T. S. Eliot’s Wasteland Jukebox feat. Dall-E [known to be the wisest woman in Europe]
Popeye and Bluto: film’s first superheroes?
What is the true identity of the world’s first superhero? Should we look back to Gilgamesh? Achilles? Hanuman? Samson? Robin Hood? Ōgon Bat? Buck Rogers?… Read More »Popeye and Bluto: film’s first superheroes?
By Seuss! Theodor Geisel, taxidermist
Tremendous.