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Animators are good at isolation.
I seemed to have been totally fine with it, too.
In those years, I learned there was a really big difference between being alone and being lonely.
We seem to have been training for this our entire ink-stained lives.
Ive been quarantining with my girlfriend here in Austin, Texas.
She is immunocompromised so weve had to be extra careful.
The summer months really blurred together asthe new moviewas slowly finished and I forgot which days were which.
So every week Ive been throwing in surprises for them, like slices of tiramisu and stuff.
And then my girlfriend asked why we dont ever get tiramisu and stuff for ourselves.
Which is a pretty good question.
Ive now eaten more pastries and ice cream in quarantine than any other period of my life.
I guess I could just start drawing something new, without taking a break.
I could get so much work done, free of distraction.
Episode 3was intended to be the last one in this series that Id animate alone.
In February, just before everything shut down, I was in Los Angeles visiting a bunch of studios.
But now the world has flipped backwards, and working alone is the new normal.
So maybe the animators will inherit the Earth.
And well eat pastries and automatically go to work on the next thing.
Theres a line inWorld of Tomorrow Episode 3.
Emily says, But have you ever seen a group of insects drown, David?
The ones that are still struggling are the ones that are still alive.
Lately Im not sure whether were still struggling or just sort of floating around, waiting.
Theres something else I cant stop thinking about.
One person doing something in China.
It blows my mind.
Its the most perverse testament to the power of the individual Ive ever heard of.
Were all stuck together in the same boat and it is a fragile fucking boat.
Every moment, there are countless unknown repercussions radiating out of every single thing we do.
The butterfly effect is real, but we are the butterflies.
It is beautiful and tragic in equal measure.
