#research journal

Daily writing promptWhat is one question you hate to be asked? Explain.View all responses Writing a good article for a research journal requires a structured approach, clarity, and strong argumentation. Here’s a step-by-step guide to help you: 1. Choose a Clear and Relevant Topic Select a research problem that is original, significant, and aligns with current discussions in your field. Ensure…

Yey, but anyway I'm exhausted and everything is a mess.

I also contacted one of the researcher whose seminar I miss and yeah, wish me luck. For me to actually get his ppt would be mind-blowing. But as usual, my imagination has taken me to a pretty high standard of "what if he asked me to be his personal research assistant".

in this place

There once were –

Weeds

Growing out of sacred ground

Stretching toward the Sun

Reaching

Climbing

Uninhibited

Ready to burst

Now 

In this place

There is –

Turf

And pavement

And bricks as high as the Moon

Casting shadows over the weeds

Trampled

And side-eyed

But flourishing

Blossoming

Bursting

In a field without pesticides

Then

In this place

There will be –

Weeds

Nestled between the cracks

Bursted up from the rubble

In any conditions

three things learned:

Hawaii has the highest number of endangered or threatened species in the United States. 30% of the US federal endangered/threatened species list is native to Hawaii.

You can take a recording of silence!!! It can't express a sense of space, but it does express a sense of tone and frequency that is unique to each silent location.

"The modern measure of silence is the noise-free interval [...] if a place can have a noise-free interval of only 15 minutes or longer during daylight hours, it’s added to the list that I’ve collected for 30 years, called the “list of the last great quiet places.” At last count, here in the United States, there were only 12. None of them are protected."

louie zong is an illustrator, sound designer, and composer, who often creates animations and songs in tandem with the intention of presenting them together. often in this niche of youtube, creators are either animators for existing music or composers that choose pre-existing images for their work after it's finished. zong gained notoriety for their all-from-scratch approach to independent publishing, and for their signature strange and playful style.

Weird Little Guys, utilzing 3d scans of porcelain dolls collected from thrift stores

ghost choir, composed and animated by louie zong

if it makes any sense: zong's musical style sounds the way his visual illustration styles look. his work feels cohesive across mediums, which is something i think can be very difficult for a lot of us. whether he's drawing, painting, sculpting, 3d modeling, digitally composing, or singing with an acoustic guitar, zong's work always feels like it's zong's work to me.

zong's process of simultaneously developing visuals and audio reminds me of the way some vocaloid producers work -- the musical composer will write and tune a song while their partner illustrator develops the music video. because Vocaloid voiceboxes are essentially musical instruments, and not actually people, music videos are almost always animated by an illustrator or a team of illustrative animators.

Afraid of Everything, collaborative project with composer circus-p and illustrator/videographer rice-deity. composed with the Megurine Luka (English) voicebox