Currently, I’m listening to Sigur Rós’ 2006 EP Sæglópur (A Lost Seafarer); simple things of great implication.

I gladly read two meta-esque posts today, related to one another, and I found a bit of stimulus, though this isn’t related to anime at all?

Blog culture

Michael did a fab writeup on blogging and style. I am in total alignment of the notions, but the meaning I found advocates me not anime blogging. Editorials are great things, and extremely tough to write well (writing is difficult enough). Previously, I stated “editorials are out [for me]“, which is basically true. I cannot write editorials on anime, I don’t have influence from the media! Meta-editorials I guess, isn’t this one in sort of a Zen-ish way?

The problem is that I have 99 stimuli (apprx), other influences which I am charged by; especially film and music. These may fit in anime blogging at times, but there is absolutely no tautology.

Micro-blogging revisited

Well, I’ve stated my case with this thing enough, so I will probably just leave it at that. Hige makes an interesting+valid argument about the appearance of these as what I’ll call “outlets”. I’m glad to see bloggers take this approach… who wouldn’t want to see the short notes of famous creators (authors, poets, directors, musicians, etc)? In this case, reading a blogger’s mini-blurbs would definitely invite a greater understanding of related full-posts; I have little doubt.

The thing I am aiming for is more non-bloggers [media-specific] to share their reflections, hence the existence of the site which encompasses all media. Comparing to something like MAL, which has been developed since 2003, melative is just 14 inconsistent months into development. I shouldn’t expect people to “get it,” understanding takes time, and one person is 1 person ^_^. Sorry for sounding like a broken record.

Anyway, a good pair of thoughtful posts in the otakusphere.

Ryan A