
Episode #85: Johny - The aesthetics of anime: classical art, expression and anime's sophisticated narratives
04/16/22 • 11 min
Timestamps:
- 00:10: Introductions
- 00:30: Classical art, anime, and expression
- 01:15: The power of imagination in anime. Exaggeration of the real world.
- 02:30: Bleach, powers, discipline and going beyond the possibilities of the real world
- 03:35: Does enchantment inform the look and aesthetic of anime, or is it just the stories?
- 05:00: Anime as reality on steroids vs Western cartoons as impoverished versions
- 05:35: The importance of lessons in anime. Consequences, responsibilities and more sophisticated narratives from the real world.
- 08:00: Heroes, inspiration and cost.
Timestamps:
- 00:10: Introductions
- 00:30: Classical art, anime, and expression
- 01:15: The power of imagination in anime. Exaggeration of the real world.
- 02:30: Bleach, powers, discipline and going beyond the possibilities of the real world
- 03:35: Does enchantment inform the look and aesthetic of anime, or is it just the stories?
- 05:00: Anime as reality on steroids vs Western cartoons as impoverished versions
- 05:35: The importance of lessons in anime. Consequences, responsibilities and more sophisticated narratives from the real world.
- 08:00: Heroes, inspiration and cost.
Previous Episode

Episode #84: The talkPOPc Summary Episode - everything you ever wanted to know about the Philosophers' Ontological Party club
Timestamps:
- 01:00: What talkPOPc is. Philosophy as Art, Art as Philosophy.
- 01:35: The start of talkPOPc
- 03:00: A different way of making art. The making and remaking of the same concept.
- 04:25: The Philly moment as an origin point for talkPOPc
- 05:20: The talkPOPc process.
- 06:20: The importance of conversation and getting data from others. From bars to bodegas, it's about what you think.
- 07:10: Art as Cognition, have to figure out Cognition, Art and how they relate. Not so easy
- 08:15: Art is not just beauty, some prissy thing in the world. Gist perception and identifying semantic categories. Art relies on these facts of how we work.
- 10:25: Art is that thing that just stops us in our tracks
- 11:45: Art affects us, physically, mentally, socially.
- 13:10: Art brings us closer to us, but to others as well.
- 14:20: Art as collaboration, the ship of Theseus, and shifting definitions/identities
- 14:50: Art in social narratives, identities. Art as a timestamp to legitimize history
- 15:30: Unconscious aspects of perception. Taking a break from thinking, but is it a break from thinking truly?
- 17:20: The team, gratitude and Popsey the CEO/avatar
Next Episode

Episode #86: Levi - How understanding art is social and cognitive
talkPOPc Participant Levi talks about how understanding art is social and cognitive with Resident Philosopher Carolina Flores at our spring Gallery Conversation Event outside of Postmaster's Gallery.
Timestamps
- 00:10: Introductions, favorite things about Art and engaging us
- 01:05: What do we learn after rationalizing our responses to Art? Seeing how other see and sharing perspectives to get to know other people
- 02:00: Why cultural artifacts exist? What's special about art versus the news or some other stimulus? It's more confined, concise and intentional
- 03:45: Good art is polarizing and allows people to engage with ideas they'd otherwise avoid or with ideas they deeply enjoy. Gives us perspective on people that normal interactions can't
- 05:00: Horror movies, not wanting to engage with the negativity, but it's still art! Just art that takes us to an emotional space we don't enjoy.
- 07:40: Engaging with other's notions of art. Taking on their perspective and getting past self-limits. Immersive theater and the experience of immigrants that we can connect to
- 10:05: Artwork taking on a life of its own. An entity within interaction, an expanded idea of what we can engage with in the art world
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