aw man, i really enjoy your videos but theres always this feeling that shouts "bullshit" deep inside me
its weird, but seriously, ive been focusing my divinity at getting the girl with the hot voice narrating and nothing, guess im less divine than the stone cutter
A positive and enlightening message on the NG? Absolutely beautiful. Always great to see great work and effort on something other than a obscene piece of humor.
-Animation, although a bit plain, was smooth
-Voice acting was drool on the males part, female narrator voice fit
-Story and lesson, made up for the rest!
Kewdos, loved the parable, only thing that bugged me was the explanation at the end. A parable should be something one should interpret them self, but that is just me.
this should be a children's book good moral
sketchy animation, good art, good voice acting, slightly monotone voice acting, good overall scenic effect, so 2.5 stars
As for the "example of taoism" portrayed in this animation, first of all, people can only try with any probability of success to be different human entities. A rock cutter can become wealthy, but a rock cutter cannot become a rock, wind, or the sun. Second, this example profits out of beating up a naive idea of what people want. Many people don't want to just be "greater" than they were before. They want to live well and have all their needs satiated. A rock cutter wants to be wealthy so that he doesn't have to work hard, not because he wants to be more powerful. Third, all of these ideas of "power" are based on the opinions of other humans within the example. Wealthy people do not care about the people who hate them. Magistrates do not care about the people who hate them. It is a naive interpretation of the world that makes you depend on the opinions of others. You might want to read these articles: http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Myster ious_Answers_to_Mysterious_Questions
I thought this was a very nice and powerful cartoon. It mostly helps that you really have no idea what's going to happen at the end. I was thinking that maybe he was going to wish he could turn into a chisel. It's so cool to see how this character realizes what he was the whole time. Hopefully, he will turn back into a stonecutter at one point. I find it weird how he can become something else just be wishing to.
Well, I'm probably just being nitpicky, this was a great cartoon. The animation is decent and the sounds are very nice. Oh yeah, I'm a big Winnie The Pooh fan and I heard that was how he got his origin or whatever. You have a very sweet voice. Kids should see this.