AKROSS CON- a russian AMV contest

Feel Alive by Yuumei on deviantart

AMVs have become popular and that's not without reason. Some may insist that this kind of 'product' is not anything very creative, since it uses material already produced by other people. But if we accept written works that are based on other books (e.g. critics by a professor B on a scientific issue addressed by a professor A), why can't we accept videos that are based on other videos and give a different point of view? Seferis, a Nobel awarded Greek (for literature), had written "Our words are many people's children"...

Conversations - Beauty, morals and racism

From the previous post about Chinese beauty arose a very interesting conversation. We are both happy that we can discuss about everything and challenge each other to think. Intellectual ‘battles’ are always interesting. So, there certainly will come out more in the future.

Chinese beauty- Ehru and chinese illustrator Qianyu

I may not know much about China, but there is one thing I know for sure: they know what beauty is. (If you wanna read more about the many multiple notions of chinese beauty you can go to Iwa ni Hana blog by Wabisabi-she does an awesome job here : Iwa ni Hana). My experience of chinese beauty is relevant with mainly two things: ehru and illustrators.

What makes the world beautiful?

by nighty on devianart

This blog is named after Kino no Tabi's motto, so for the first post we thought it natural to begin with our world views and what we find beautiful in this world.