For the past few months, we've been busy with both commercial and internal projects that have taken up a great deal of our time, hence the sparseness of our posts to the blog. Additionally, we've been dealing with the painful build up to, and final loss of an animal companion that was not only a much loved and long time member of our family, but also contributed immeasurable inspiration for much of the work we've output in the last several years. Once this all settles down, we hope to resume posting in the coming weeks with greater frequency and also be able to share more about our loss.

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K&D

Japanese caption on photo reads:

"Full view of Ford Island gasping under the attack of our Sea Eagles. This distant view of Ford Island immediately after the attack of our assault force shows the enemy capital ships lined up on the opposite side of the Island. in the foreground is the cruiser fleet, including the battleship UTAH. The enemy ships around the island have all become tempting targets for our Sea Eagles. In the upper right clearly appear the outlines of two of our Sea Eagles who are carrying out a daring low-level attack, reminiscent of the performance of the Gods."

"I think a good study of music would be indispensable to the animator - a realization on their part of how primitive music is, how natural it is for people to want to go to music - a study of rhythm, the dance - the various rhythms that enter into our lives every day - how rhythmical the body really is - and how well balanced the body really is. That, in itself, is music. In other words, it could be music in the body. We dance - we can keep time to rhythm without ever being taught - a baby does it - cannibals do it. But fancy dancing or any tricky stuff, we have to learn. There are things in life that we do to rhythm that come natural to us. Notice how rhythmic an action like pounding with a hammer is! There's a reason for that. You must have that rhythm or you can't carry out that action completely. Also, sawing a board. See how necessary it is to have a good rhythm for that. Also, walking... if you walked without rhythm, where would you get? You'd have to be thinking all the time what to do next. You'd have to set your mind to walking rhythmically, instead of doing it naturally."

http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/11/06/cool-stuff-walt-disneys-1935-animation-ma...