
:D

TG: i just want you to know that youre the only person i would ever be seen wrapped in a fish patterned blanket with
GG: nice to know :)
Sam Anderson, opening his NYT Mag riff on Mythologies with quite possibly the greatest lede of all time. (via millionsmillions) —

“The concept of portraying evil and then destroying it - I know this is considered mainstream, but I think it is rotten. This idea that whenever something evil happens someone particular can be blamed and punished for it, in life and in politics, is hopeless.”
—Hayao Miyazaki
One of my very favourite recurring themes in Miyazaki’s work - especially in Spirited Away - is how the grotesque and initially threatening reveals itself to be benign and even compassionate. It’s so beautiful, and a lot more meaningful than the typical good-evil/black-white dichotomy of other mythology.