Art itself is an Art of Oneself - Page 2

On January 26 2012 05:12 Snuggles wrote:
I like this blog a whole lot Torte. I'm really glad you've made some progress in that class of yours shows that you have really good character. In general people who can realize their own flaws and act upon them have a good future ahead of them.

AND YOU MENTIONED 5 CM PER SECOND OMG! Dude that is one of my most favorite movies if not my absolute favorite. I've watched that movie 4 times, no exaggeration- 4 friggin times. All 4 times I was so immersed and in love with it that my heart literally trembles each time (I've stopped rewatching it because the sensation was too much for me to bear over and over lol). God it's just so damn good, the feelings that well up inside you when you watch is so hard to describe... like you feel for the protagonist so much, and when the events play out (no spoilers keke) you can feel the emotions that he goes through passing through you as if you were there yourself. I don't know if that's a good description, but hell it really gets me going.

Also I heard that originally the director and his wife were the ones who did the voice overs, pretty damn romantic eh?

On January 26 2012 05:31 TheToast wrote:


Yeah, at one time Garfield was one of the best comics, great writing and good art style. These days we get strips like this: http://www.garfield.com/comics/vault.html?yr=2012&addr=120122

Garfield was clearly copy-pasted from the first panel to the rest of them. Must be the cheapest comic strip to produce in the world.

On January 26 2012 05:35 EdSlyB wrote:


That's a shame.
Since you are an 'Art' guy you should try music. Play an instrument or sing. You would realise that even when you try to make it irrelevant, music is always relevant.

On January 26 2012 07:28 Akamu wrote:
I stopped reading when you insulted Eurotrip. Das fuck is wrong with you? It has Matt freaking Damon as a bamf rock star who bones Scotties gf. I don't know what more you could want in a movie. Is it off yet?

On January 26 2012 06:46 Kamais Ookin wrote:
5/5 Would read a blog accounting every single time you watched spirited away and the subtle differences in emotion each time 1000 words each (you've seen it 13 times!)

On January 26 2012 09:29 slam wrote:
Sounds like you're having a gay ol' time. I'll have to check out the 5 Centimeters movie. And maybe think about doing an acting class next semester.

Maybe it's because I've lived in southern California for 95% of my life that I'm somewhat sick of good weather and I love dark/cloudy/rainy/snowy weather, but I must say the snowy pictures look so much more delightful.

Anyways, thanks for the read.

On January 26 2012 10:16 Roe wrote:
It sure has gotten cold real fast. Always seems to in Canada. Though with all the snow in your pictures I'd rather be in Montreal than Toronto. The city's always filled with slush and mush and ice. Montreal looks beautiful in comparison.

I used to play the piano, it can't fit in my apartment. I miss the times when I'd go to "lesson" and just turn on his bass and drum line on the computer (i forget the program) and get lost. It was more of a jam session than a lesson, he'd give me a tune to learn every once in a while and we'd go off that and improv (i was kinda terrible at real sheet music). I'd always learn new things while playing because I learned how to experiment in the midst of action. I learned how to express myself and think on my feet about planning for the future.

you've always been such a fluent writer, torte. as i look back on a year of your blog there's so many of them, and so much writing inside each one. you seem to feel the need to write excessive quantities of highly descriptive narrative in such a high frequency of time. It's great that you're writing so many articles and finding work.