Of Fun and Empathy

Behold this remark-worthy animation designed by Joaquin Baldwin (UCLA Animation Workshop).

My remarks: There's a certain flavor, shall we say, of fun that comes from the synergy of artistry and technology. A certain flavor of awe-inspiring. Then, there's the flavor of fun that comes from watching this particularly artistic narrative. It is a flavor of being absorbed, utterly, combined with the bitterly beautiful flavor of self-sacrifice. This flavor seems to be most appreciated when the self that is being sacrificed is not your own, and even more delicious when the bitter beauty is completely pretend.

Via Boing Boing

from Bernie DeKoven, funsmith