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‘Gothic’ is, essentially, the opposite of ‘Classical’. Classical is ordered, harmonious, and rectilinear. Gothic is chaotic, discordant, and curvilinear.

When I watch a Miyazaki film I can’t help but think about his attunement to the world, the presence it requires to transmute the real world into a fantastical one. That’s the interesting contradiction of writers and artists, I suppose: alienation is a necessity, but so is participation. The point of getting better is to be more in the world.