“Our collaboration wasn’t a matter of compromise so much as collision”

Bill Watterson and John Kascht talk about their working process on The Mysteries, a genuine collaborative process in which nothing was planned and each decision was taken unanimously: “we didn’t know what we wanted but we knew what we didn’t want once we saw it“.

Nothing better than hearing two passionate people talking about how they worked together and managed to create something despite of or maybe because of the huge differences in their prefered way of working.

Try Hard — they sure did!

Alex, an art student, dreams of joining Eve, the “Elite’s Visual School”. Together with her best friend Kimmy, they train hard to pass the notoriously impossible entrance exam. Alex’s training turns into an obsession, compromising her friendship with Kimmy.

Try Hard is the first of the graduation animations (teaser) made by the class of 2023 at Gobelins, a French school of “visual creation”, with each new animation released weekly on Wednesday. English subtitles are available if you don’t understand French.

Really a lovely bit of animation that makes me look forward to the other entries.

Good Christian Music

Christian music doesn’t have to be hateful or suck, as Flamy Grant here proves:

It’s sent her to the top of the charts which means there are a lot of Christians out there not afraid of inclusion. As she puts it:

“I think one of the reasons my song resonated with people is because people are tired of all the religious gatekeeping, and ‘Good Day’ is an anthem of inclusion,” she said.

She continued: “I’m so grateful to everyone who is sharing my music, and I hope it does a small part to drown out the message of exclusion and disgust for queer people that has come to be a defining marker of conservative American Christianity.”

In a world where it often seems Christianity is just a synonym for bigotry, it’s good to see inclusion win.