Happy 81st Birthday, Hayao Miyazaki-sensei!

This photo is SO BOSS!

A very happy and healthy 81st birthday to Hayao Miyazaki-sensei. May he make all the movies for another 100 years. I can't wait to watch his upcoming animated feature, How Do You Live? (きみたちはどういきるか) named after the 1937 novel written by Yoshino Genzaburo. 

Also, can we talk about Toshio Suzuki? The genius producer and marketing mastermind behind all of the Studio Ghibli movies. I often think about what he said in the documentary Kingdom of Dreams and Madness -

"We make our best work when working with people we enjoy working with." 

It's something I try to live by.

That, and slippers with socks.

Long Live Ghibli!

Martin

Hayao Miyazaki-Sensei 77th Birthday at Totoro Forest!

A very Happy 77th Birthday to Hayao Miyazaki-sensei

and 30th Anniversary to Totoro!

This special 2018 edition of Morning Strolls features Miyazaki-sensei

volunteering and cleaning up 'Totoro no Mori' or Totoro's Forest.

In each illustration, Miyazaki-sensei is accompanied by a small Totoro,

picking up one type of trash at a time including

bento boxes, coffee cans, green tea bottle... etc

An active conservationist for the natural, human and imaginary world.

May he live long and make lots more movies!

For more info on Totoro Fund, please visit www.totoro.or.jp

Morning Strolls 2018

by Martin Hsu

graphite, watercolor and gold acrylic on watercolor paper

signed, framed with glass

Available for purchase online