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"The link between child imagination and creativity," wise words from Hayao Miyazaki.

One of Hayao Miyazaki's very first memories is a bombing that he witnessed when he was just four and a half years old.

He remembers waking up in the night, seeing his city in flames, and fleeing while holding on to his father's hand.

Despite the danger, he was unafraid,

because seeing the light from the burning buildings meant that the sky was as bright morning

Miyazaki created vivid worlds for many to remember that stems from his stirring childhood.

This is why Studio Ghibli is more than just an animation company.

It became home to millions of people who choose to believe in something more.

But what's the secret to Miyazaki's creativity?

And how do his stories come alive with such a vigor, hope, and fragility?

As much as discipline and perseverance play the backbone into all of his works,

there's one important ingredient he, and many artists, embrace.

Imagination.

It's true, the most creative geniuses are the ones who never really grow up.

The world can be a scary and dreadful place.

Children are smart enough to understand that when the lights go out every night,

but they are also resilient enough to stand up to those monsters.

When they witness something terrible happening,

they can't help but combat it with their creativity, to make their sadness and fears go away.

It's a curious thing, how playing keeps the brain young and healthy.

Miyazaki states, "The greatness of a mind is determined by the depth of its suffering."

Creativity had two phases: intuition and analysis.

It's not so much about finding a muse, but rather, research shows, it's about exposure and experience.

It's only from experiencing pain, pleasure, and everything in between

that allows an individual to understand other perspectives, problem solve, and come up with new ideas.

So, what helps Miyazaki stay focused?

One word: escapism.

It's only when the individual observes the world and recgonizes monotony in darkness,

that they feel an urge to cling and absorb to a different reality.

Although Miyazaki lived through the terrors of World War II, he still treasured the idea of flying.

Spellbound by his father's company that manufactured fighter planes for the war,

he didn't see them as destructive weapons, but escaped these harsh reality through his dreams instead.

This is where make-believe comes in.

Erase the idea that imagination always stems from rainbows and butterflies,

research shows that an individual is more likely to tap into their imagination in response to tramatic events.

At first glance, looking at the colorful animations of Miyazaki,

one might assume that he's a cheerful jokester, but Miyazaki has admitted to being quite pessimistic.

Still, he wants to persevere hope in his films for kids, to build the courage to face to world in all its horror.

Miyazaki states, "When one of my staff has a baby you can't help but bless them for a good future.

Because I can't tell that child, 'Oh, you shouldn't have come into this life.'

And yet I know the world is heading in a bad direction.

So with those conflicting thoughts in mind, I think about what kind of films I should be making."

Portraying emotions truthfully is probably the greatest asset that he has brought to his films.

As his characters always search for something,

whether it means making a delivery, discovering their talents, or finding their parents,

Miyazaki does his best to illustrate the complexity in the simplest of actions.

He had a talent of finding adventure within the mundane, and relentlessly held onto hope,

despite what he grew up seeing.

Without the power of flexibility,

he wouldn't have opened doors for us to explore his mind that learned resilience through the creative arts.

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One more thing:

----Wikipedia

Hayao Miyazaki (宮崎 駿, Miyazaki Hayao; born 5 January 1941)

is a Japanese animator, director, producer, screenwriter, author, and manga artist.?

A co-founder of Studio Ghibli, he

has attained international acclaim as a masterful storyteller and creator of animated feature films, and

is widely regarded as one of the most accomplished filmmakers in the history of animation.

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// 幸存者偏差: 活下來的飛機, 不要去加強機身上的彈孔, 加強那些沒受傷的地方.

// 研究成功的人也一樣, 要反過來思考, 研究那些表面上看似不重要的部分

童年經(jīng)歷不是太重要

大量優(yōu)秀的作品才能持久的打動人心

// 不必多說

// 不是有了這些就可以像他一樣優(yōu)秀, 而是優(yōu)秀的導(dǎo)演都有這些品質(zhì)

// 不用努力研究

It's true, the most creative geniuses

are the ones who never really grow up.

// Yes, they all never grow up.

// In other saying, they all fly back.

// 飛行員中的幸存者, 正是因為他們的 [油箱] 沒有吃子彈, 所以才能飛回來

// 童心 = playing. 多了就變成巨嬰, 少了就顯得無趣

// 宮崎駿座右銘: 吃得苦中苦, 方為人上人,

// 經(jīng)歷全面的感受, 可以獲得看事物的新角度嗎

// 逃避可恥但有用的理論

// 問題出現(xiàn), 一直不解決, 一直存在, 遂著手解決;

// 問題太大, 無法解決, 遂逃避;

// 現(xiàn)實太傷痛, 想象力就變得尤為重要

// 假如這句話是真話: 自己都不相信自己搭建的世界觀

// 教育向善的作用; 豐富理想的作用

// 難免少了真實的元素

// 可現(xiàn)實生活的就需要這樣的窗口, 也說明: 風(fēng)靡的理想作品, 從方面反映出現(xiàn)實生活的水深火熱.

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