Animators Learned the Wrong Lesson From Into the Spider-Verse
Into the Spider-Verse turned American animation toward stylization, but rather than coming up with their own expressive styles, the film's disciples have simply copied its look.
Into the Spider-Verse turned American animation toward stylization, but rather than coming up with their own expressive styles, the film's disciples have simply copied its look.
Weekly Edition - Art and Culture Newsletter - Thursday, February 12, 2026
On the impact of the highly improbable and how the Black Swan teaches us to be open to luck.
Yeats’ gyres now come faster and faster, and as each new era comes, we quickly forget the last one. Our minds cannot comprehend, our spinning top cannot hold. It is imploding in on itself.
I have come to the conclusion that most artists are overthinking absolutely everything.