My guruji once drew a straight line and said:
Eliminate rhyme, and you still have free verse…
Eliminate simile, and you still have symbol…
Eliminate line, and you have prose…
Yet the line is the one characteristic that all other elements must rely on.
Ah! The practice and pleasure of Poetry from Plato to Aristotle could be seen as the line that divides [...]
Entries from February 2008
February 27, 2008
Dead Poet Society
February 19, 2008
Remembering Ryan
Ryan Larkin
(b. July 31, 1943, – d. February 14, 2007)
Ryan Larkin died from lung cancer. He was an inspiration to many animators and creative film-makers. But how did a man with so much talent end-up being a pan-handler?
To be honest, Chris Landreth’s animation only covers a portion of Ryan’s career. A more unbiased account of Ryan’s troubles [...]
