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Lightly stepped a yellow star
To its lofty place -
Loosed the Moon her silver hat
From her lustral Face -
All of Evening softly lit
As an Astral Hall -
Father, I observed to Heaven,
You are punctual.
Emily Dickinson
there's so much bad in the world but there's also people who lift up and carry an elderly bat around every day so he can pretend he's flying again, and that's the part of the world I think is worth fighting for
Book cover: The Grammar of Fantasy by Gianni Rodari, illustrated by Matthew Forsythe, translated from Italian by Jack Zipes. Cover illustration is a colorful, textural depiction of a child in white cloak walking past a giantโs foot; snakes, fish, a rabbit, and dragons lurk nearby. Eerie but friendly at the same time.
Chapter header from The Grammar of Fantasy: 38. The Child Who Reads Comics Illustration of a child hidden behind a large comic book with simplified shapes, eyes, and a mouth for panels.
Excerpt from The Grammar of Fantasy: books, new inventions are often added to the basic sounds, and these, too, must be deciphered. The entire course of the story must be reconstructed in the imagination, combining the signals provided by the captions, dialogue, and onomatopoeia with those given by the drawings and color, so that the many loose threads of the plot can be mentally tied together into a single, continuous thread. And it is the reader who makes sense of everything: the personality of the characters, who are not described, but shown in action; the relationships between them, which result from the plot and its developments; even the action itself, which is revealed to the reader only through jumps and fragments. For a child of six or seven years, comic books seem to me sufficiently demanding work, rich with logical and imaginative operations, regardless of the value and content of the comic book, which is not at issue here. When reading a comic, the imagination of the child does not passively assist; rather, it is urged to take a position, to analyze and synthesize, to classify and decide. There is no room here for absentminded daydreams, not while the mind is engaged in such complex attention and the imagination is called upon to fulfill its most noble functions. To venture to say that up to a certain point, the child's principal interest in comic books is not determined by their content, but is tied directly to the form and substance of the comics themselves, as a means of expression. The child wants to master the technique of the comic strip. That's it. She reads comic books in 238
Continued excerpt from The Grammar of Fantasy. order to learn how to read comic books, to understand their rules and conventions. She enjoys the efforts of her own imagination, more than the adventures of the characters. She plays with her own mind, not with the story. It may well be high-handed to separate things so clearly in this way. But the effort of distinguishing between them is worth it if the distinction helps us not to underestimate the child, and the underlying seriousness and moral engagement that she brings to everything she does. Everything else about comics has already been said, for better or for worse, and I won't bother you by repeating it.
did not expect this chapter! I especially love:
โWhen reading a comic, the imagination of the child does not passively assist; rather, it is urged to take a position, to analyze and synthesize, to classify and decide.โ
(and also the eternal nature of โcomics ? for kids ????โ discourse lmao)
ใงใใญ๏ฝก ๆฆไบใฃใฆๅฟ
ใๆใใฟใฎ้ฃ้ใจ็ ดๅฃใ็ใใใใใๅฝ้ๆณ้ๅใฎๅ
ๅถๆปๆใชใๅฐๆดใงใใใใใซๆฟๆฒปๅฎถใฏๆฑบใใฆๆฆๅ ดใซใฏ่กใใชใใงใใญใ
ๆฌๅฝใซๅซใใโฆ๐ค
ใใใใจใใใใใพใใใกใใใจไผใใใจใใฆใใใใงใ๏ฝก๐
๐ฉท ษชแด'๊ฑ ๊ฑแดแดแดส แด๊ฐ๊ฐแดแดแดษชแด แด! ๐ฉท
Imagine a @grogcult.bsky.social video game? I imagine it too often ๐ธ๐ฎโญ๏ธ
New previews of Jin Sung Choi's indie projects (South Korea).
1 feature film ("Joey") + 2 short films ("Planet" & "Frogs and a Deer").
www.youtube.com/@brianjin1/s...
ใใใงใใญใๆฆไบใใๆชใใใฎใฏใชใใงใใ
ๅ
จไฝใฎใใจใฏใใใใคใใฎๆใใใๆชๅคขใฎใใใชใใฎใงใใใๆ่ฟใฏ็ ใใชใใปใฉไธๅฎ้ใใใใงใใ๐ญ
Happy International Womenโs Day!
Celebrate by learning more about modern Japanese womenโs writing and the boom in translated fiction by contemporary Japanese women with the RJL podcast!
A pixel art rendition of Link's House from the beginning of Ocarina of Time. The perspective is similar to a diorama or an isometric view. Link is sleeping in his bed with Navi floating next to him. Saria and her fairy are waiting at the base of the tree that Link lives in.
Happy Zelda 40th anniversary!
#ใผใซใใฎไผ่ชฌ40ๅจๅนด #Zelda40th #art #PixelArt #ใใใ็ตต
Sunday โ๏ธ
ใใใกใ
ใฟใ
ใใฃใใ็ ใฃใฆใญใ
๐ โจ
A flower crown for Snufkin โจ
Rilke ๐ค
Digital pastel illustration. Purple hued lily pad study looking up through the lily pads to the surface of the water where the light filters through. One lily pad has Dittoโs smiling face.
Ditto used Transform!
Pokรฉmon Pokopia is a pretty nice time so far :)
tender memories #ff7
A bunny witch peers into a cauldron, in a tower at night. On the surface of the water in the cauldron, a bunny adventuring party is trekking through the forest. The bunny witch watches the adventurers nefariously
Daily bunny no.3250 is watching your every move
ใใใใฟใชใใโญ๐ค
ในใญใซใฏใจใใใ
ใใฎ้ ็ญใฏไนใฃใฆใ
YMOใฎใใฃใใฉใซใก็ป
Today was a good day.
(suiveuse)
2025๐ฑ
๐จ
A windows dialog: the window title reads โBunnyโ and the contents is a yellow triangle with a black exclamation mark with an image of a grey small bunny next to it. The available buttons below are โOkโ and โExitโ
โ ๏ธ
๐ช๐ โโ๏ธ๐ซ๐ค
#Photographer: Takashi Iwasaki - Japan
#AwardWinningPhotography #photography #animals #Nature #NaturePhotography
would you let it stare at you with its special eyes #pokemon
A skilled knight is in the middle of destroying you with her deadliest guitar riff ๐ธ๐ฅ Prepare your elixirs
Bard Knight 02๐ก๏ธ
โTis a Critical Hit! ๐ธ
