Justin Cecil's Blog

Just a few days ago the legendary animator Richard Williams died. He's not nearly as well known as animation pioneers like Walt Disney or Hayao Miyazaki, but you've probably seen at least some of his work. One of his most famous projects was his involvement in the animation of "Who Framed Roger Rabbit." Throughout history there have been people with passion projects that, for one reason or another, didn't quit make it off the ground, or at least didn't finish in the way attended. The inventor Buckminster Fuller had a host of inventions that he worked on but didn't get enough funding for, and Orson Welles didn't get his passion project "The Other Side of the Wind" finished until years after his death (thanks to Netflix). Richard Williams was no exception. His most famous passion project was the film "The Thief and the Cobbler," an animated take upon "The Arabian Nights" (begun years before Disney's "Aladdin...

Hey everyone! Hope all of my readers are doing great. I haven't been writing as much on this particular blog partially because I have also started a new blog, where I am serializing my novel-in-progress "The Princess of Infinite Tomorrows." If you're interested in an epic fantasy-in-progress involving magical princesses, giant hummingbirds, extremely evil villains, and much more, then check it out at  https://princessofinfinitetomorrows.blogspot.com . In addition I have been working at my day job, looking for new jobs and opportunities, and all of the other endeavors and things that go on throughout my day. Anyway, today I would like to talk about the state of Washington. From the year 2000 until about 2012, I lived in Florida, having gone through middle school, high school, and college there. I then spent nearly two years living abroad in Israel, where I volunteered as a gardener; honestly one of the most transformative times of my life. Rather than go back to Flor...