If you’ve ever struggled with choosing between pursuing the unknown and embracing the familiar… if you’ve imagined the exhilaration of taking risks and embarking on adventures beyond the safety of everyday life, but haven’t done it yet, this animation might feel familiar.
Listen to the thoughts of a hermit who both fears and longs for the outside world. Animator Sophia Du explores that emotional tug-of-war between curiosity, contentment, fear, courage, worry, initiative, and imagination in Homebody (2022), her BFA2 animated short film at CalArts.
Sometimes it takes practice and persistence. Watch these animations next on TKSST:
• The Little Poet imagines life in a painting, an animated short
• Why do we procrastinate and how can we stop?
• Herman Brown is Feeling Down
• Telegraph Line (Nervous System), a 1979 Schoolhouse Rock animation
• Nobody is Normal, a stop-motion animation for the U.K.’s Childline
• How to deal with anxiety from change and how to be at peace with the unknown
Bonus: How to transform nervous feelings into positive energy.
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