In the second contribution to Animation Studies 2.0’s Animation and Agency theme, Benjamin Hall reflects on his research project Picturing Security, which explored ideas of security, risk, and democracy. Learn more at bit.ly/4r51lWX.

Continuing Animation Studies 2.0’s theme of Animation and Learning, Benjamin Hall explores what authentic voice in animation production can look like, and what happens when the animator’s voice does not follow established animation manuals. Read it at bit.ly/4mzQgtt.

There’s a community cinema near me and instead of movie titles, there’s a short summary of each film.

A crocus growing out of the kerb.

I’m reading ‘Teacher’ by Sylvia Ashton-Warner and this quote by C. E. Beeby popped up: "Life as a whole is too complicated to teach to chil-dren. The minute it is cut up they can understand it, but you are liable to kill it in cutting it up."

“I see the mind of a five-year old as a volcano with two vents; destructiveness and creativeness. And I see that to the extent that we widen the creative channel we atrophy the destructive one.” (Sylvia Ashton-Warner)

Above the fog from Sutton Bank.