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Tokyo Godfathers Studio Ghibli made a huge impression on me over the years as have other sources of creative forms. My love for Japanese culture and subcultures run deep. From animation to fashion, gardening and philosophies, I have an appreciation of old world lore and rituals. The imperfection of wabi-sabi and the infinite connected energy of kintsugi (gluing broken artefacts together and painting gold over the join lines) is all that I needed to know for me to wander in the valleys in the land of the rising sun. I have always felt a sense of rejection and incompleteness when viewing Western media and seeing how lifestyles and products are pedestalized. In reality I was more than complete and needed no validation to affirm my being. Japanese cultures tend to be whole heartedly entrenched in the pursuit of achieving a concentration of power where the authenticity and subliminal coincide and produce a language few dare to exchange...if you know you know. It's no wonder Western com...
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