i find inspiration from the strangest places sometimes.

today it's anime (i know, i'm a geek). as i was watching one piece today, i realized something: anime characters are so passionate. that's the beauty of the medium... live-action actors risk being criticized for over-acting... but with animation, the artist/animator is free to exaggerate expressions and hyperbolize emotions in the characters. when they laugh, their mouths open wider than the size of their faces... tears fling out of their eyes... and bodies shake with joy.

... and when they cry...

... streams flow down cheeks... lower lips spasm out of control... snot drizzles out of noses... and they emit painful, wailing cries...

i don't remember the last time i really cried. and i've never cried with that kind of intensity (i know, it's "only a cartoon"). it's stupid, i know... but i kinda wish i could have as much passion as these wide-eyed weirdos-- so that when i cry, all kinds of liquid would pour out of my face.