Category: words
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TRANSITIONS
I decided to try shooting film on this month’s photo walk! Loaded up the much neglected Canon AE-1 that I inherited from one of my visits back home with a roll of Ilford HP5 PLUS. Felt extremely rusty tho. Last time I shot film was just before I started work on Peanuts, so… eight years…
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PITFALLS AND PALIMPSESTS
One word is all it takes for my brain to go off on a tangent. Last weekend, Peter mentioned how the notion of palimpsests often came up in his classes at the AFI. It was a word I’d never heard before. So what does a term (mostly) used to describe ancient manuscripts have to do…
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HAVE YOU SEEN LEAP-LEAP?
With familiarity comes the risk of getting stuck in a rut. Sometimes it comes without you even noticing it. Sometimes it happens despite it being the last thing you want. When Covid happened (it’s still happening), my world shrunk drastically. Limiting our outings to where our feet could take us for those first couple months…
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(max) HEADROOM
I started my latest class with Peter Markham today after some technical hiccups. With his laptop out of order, he was borrowing his wife’s machine to lead class on a freshly installed Zoom. It happened to have that auto-framing feature turned on. You know, the one that automatically tracks and reframes your head if you…
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(over) VANCOUVER
Our latest photo walk was with a big group! Like the very first one I joined earlier this year (Fred Herzog at the Equinox Gallery), this was another one centered around a gallery exhibit: Greg Girard at The Polygon Gallery. But first, we walked! We passed by a woman who asked me what our deal…
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IT’S COMPLICATED
If I had to set a relationship status between myself and animation (and picture books) these days, it would look something like this: At my first (paid) job in the industry, my cubicle was close to the producer/director cluster of another show. One day, I overheard the producer loudly complaining about a script: “This writer…
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LET IT BE (easy)
I went out on a photo walk last night! It’s exactly what it sounds like: bring something to shoot with, walk, talk, and snap some pics. Some of the guys (and gals) shoot film, and the peer pressure’s making me consider getting back into it… I have a Holga (film isn’t cheap, and 120 film…
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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…
