Animation Stand

I now have an animation stand at home, so this picture was captured with the stand instead of a scanner.

Whenever I scanned paintings done with paint, wrinkles would show up or the pale colors would get washed out, which was a shame. But with the stand they came out beautifully, and I was moved.

Lately I’ve been making my work booth at grad school feel more like a private room, hanging a curtain and bringing in my own tissues.

When I see people who are already staying late working on something, I get anxious: “Am I being left behind without realizing it…?” Then I naturally end up at my desk, so I think it’s a good thing.

A while ago I read Syd Field’s book on screenwriting and decided, “For my first-year film, I’ll try firming up the script with a storyboard wall.” So I bought an MDF board and sticky notes and have been fiddling with them, and I feel like I can see the plot from a bird’s-eye view.

The school is full of people making amazing work, so I’m afraid of the days of envy that might await me:
“From now on, will I feel my chest tighten a lot at news like ‘so-and-so got nominated for, or won at, a film festival’…?”

I’d been carelessly thinking, “Once I’m in grad school, I want to take pottery classes,” but I think I’ll do that after I graduate…