I do think the thing you describe here is great. I think I hadn’t actually tried really leveraging the current zeitgeist to actively get better at it, and it does seem like a skill you could improve at and that seems cool.
But I’d bet it’s not what was happening for most people. I think the value-transfer is somewhat automatic, but most people won’t actually be attuned to it enough. (might be neat to operationalize some kind of bet about this, if you disagree).
I do think it’s plausible, if people put more deliberate effort it, to create a zeitgeist where the value transfer is more real for more people.
You’re likely right – my ability to mentally apply the “Miyazaki goggles” and feel the value shift is probably not what’s happening for most people, or even many.
For me, it’s probably a combination of factors: my background working extensively with images, the conceptual pathways formed during writing the original post above, and preexisting familiarity with the aesthetic from Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Castle in the Sky, Kiki’s Delivery Service, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle, Tales from Earthsea, Ponyo, and Arrietty.
But crucially, I share your optimism about the potential. I do think this is a skill others could cultivate with deliberate practice. Now that we’ve seen this kind of reality transfer is possible, perhaps methods and best practices could eventually be developed and tested to guide that learning.
I do think the thing you describe here is great. I think I hadn’t actually tried really leveraging the current zeitgeist to actively get better at it, and it does seem like a skill you could improve at and that seems cool.
But I’d bet it’s not what was happening for most people. I think the value-transfer is somewhat automatic, but most people won’t actually be attuned to it enough. (might be neat to operationalize some kind of bet about this, if you disagree).
I do think it’s plausible, if people put more deliberate effort it, to create a zeitgeist where the value transfer is more real for more people.
You’re likely right – my ability to mentally apply the “Miyazaki goggles” and feel the value shift is probably not what’s happening for most people, or even many.
For me, it’s probably a combination of factors: my background working extensively with images, the conceptual pathways formed during writing the original post above, and preexisting familiarity with the aesthetic from Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Castle in the Sky, Kiki’s Delivery Service, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle, Tales from Earthsea, Ponyo, and Arrietty.
But crucially, I share your optimism about the potential. I do think this is a skill others could cultivate with deliberate practice. Now that we’ve seen this kind of reality transfer is possible, perhaps methods and best practices could eventually be developed and tested to guide that learning.