“If I were asked to explain the Japanese spirit, I would say it is wild cherry blossoms glowing in the morning sun!” — Motoori Norinaga (1730-1801) Japan’s flower language isn’t as well develop as in the West. Japan’s stories and theater focused on humanizing plants as opposed to using them to convey emotions and messages….
Author: Chris Kincaid
Anime Virtues: Quiet Confidence
I’ll admit it’s odd to associate quiet confidence with anime. After all, anime teems with loudmouthed, impulsive heroes. However, if you look beyond protagonists, you will see the strongest type of confidence: quiet confidence. Why do I consider this type of confidence the strongest type? Well, confidence describes the state of being self-assured and comfortable…
Anime Virtues: You Don’t Need a Reason to Help Someone
Stories shape how we view the world and how we treat other people. While I’ve gotten into anime too late in life for it to really shape my morality, it has changed how I think about some topics. In this article, I will pull from Zen and Christianity (and indirectly from Judaism) in addition to…