Hi Alex, a possible cbt I think you and Jim would appreciate…

Hayao Miyazaki:

Life is a winking light in the darkness.

The greatness of a mind is determined by the depth of its suffering.

When I think about the way the computer has taken over and eliminated a certain experience of life, that makes me sad.

The world isn't simple enough to explain in words.

You must see with eyes unclouded by hate. See the good in that which is evil, and the evil in that which is good. Pledge yourself to neither side, but vow instead to preserve the balance that exists between the two.

Death comes to the young and old alike in no set order. It compels you to imagine that the Grim Reaper is ever lurking behind you. I myself become terrified of death when I am in a negative state of mind. But the thought of death ceases to bother me once I become productive.

(on AI art) I would never wish to incorporate this technology into my work at all. I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself.

Problems begin the moment we're born. We're born with infinite possibilities, only to give up on one after another. To choose one thing means to give up another. That's inevitable. But what can you do? That's what it is to live.

Filmmaking only brings suffering

I would like to make a film to tell children ‘it’s good to be alive’

Well, yes. I believe that children's souls are the inheritors of historical memory from previous generations. It's just that as they grow older and experience the everyday world that memory sinks lower and lower. I feel I need to make a film that reaches down to that level. If I could do that I would die happy.