Category: words
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JOURNAL TOUR
While I was at a leather journal cover making workshop (shoutout Lonsdale Leather!) the other week, my neighbour asked me: “Have you heard of journal ecosystems?” Girl. Meet my current stack! (I swear I don’t have a problem.) HOBONICHI COVER“Letter” HOBONICHI COVER“Search & Collect” TRAVELLER’S COMPANYPassport BESPOKE LEATHER COVERA5 LEUCHTTURM HARDCOVERA5 I now realize I…
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MATERFAMILIAS
I came to Margaret Tait by way of Charlotte Wells and by way of her Aftersun… Both women are Scottish. Both women are filmmakers. Both women are writers. I’d argue that those last two points make both women poets. Anyway. Out of pure curiosity, I got my hands on a copy of her Poems, Stories,…
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PLAYING PRETEND
“Which do you like to animate more: action scenes or acting scene?” It’s a go-to question for me whenever I meet an animator. There’s no wrong answer. They often have a preference. As do I. * And yet… I’ve never been one to have a mirror at my desk when I’m animating. Or to film…
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IP MONOPOLY
IP. Intellectual Property. What a word combination. Play with it (and a thesaurus) for a hot minute, and you get a creepy and fairly accurate snapshot of the current times: How does that sound appealing to anyone except suits and bankers?! But in the age of the AI bubble, it’s no wonder the American entertainment…
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BEAUTIFUL WORK
I consider my Letterboxd Top 4 to be something of a living organism, always free to change and evolve, but I suspect that Beau Travail will always have a home there (along with an entry by Abbas Kiarostami. Right now? It’s Where is the Friend’s House?) Much has already been said of Claire Denis’s 1999…
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THE WORK (feat. Tennessee Williams)
I recently started taking acting classes (more on that later, maybe) which means I’ve been reading a lot. From books on the craft, to finding material to bring to class… I’m back to reading plays again! Recently, it’s been a return to Tennessee Williams. I’d already read his Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and…
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SOLVITUR AMBULANDO (part 4)
ON RANDOMNESS: Plans, Prayer, and AI People ask you what your favourite part of the Camino was, and it always feels like an impossible question to answer. The walk, the views, the encounters, the joys, the pains, the epiphanies, the doubt… soon enough, it all becomes a whole. But the encounters are definitely a highlight.…
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LENSING AND 2D ANIMATION
(Specifically, anamorphic lenses.) Full disclosure: I am not a cinematographer. But I can get nerdy about stuff! I first read about the anamorphic process in an outdated copy of the ASC’s American Cinematographer Manual I stumbled on at the library. (Outdated’s not exactly the right word here… even though technology progresses, there’s no such thing…
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SOLVITUR AMBULANDO (part 3)
THE CAMINO DE SANTIAGO: More than just a walk. I guess I should probably delve into the “what” of it all a bit more before going much further… The Camino was actually my second pilgrimage. In 2019, I did the Kumano Kodō’s Nakaheshi route in Japan. This historic (mostly, it’s complicated) shinto pilgrimage links three…
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SOLVITUR AMBULANDO (part 2)
BAPTISM BY FIRE: The Napoléon Route and the Pyrenées Your first stop in Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port is the Pilgrim Information Office ran by Les Amis du chemin de Saint-Jacques, not only to pick up a Credencial if you don’t already have one from your home association (or if, like me, you plan on collecting lots of stamps…
MÉLANIE DAIGLE 