This one was a strange animation to do. Similar to the person telling the story, I don't know a whole lot about Islam or Muslims and aside from most of the negative stuff I hear in the news. Of course I know better than to believe what I hear in the news, but it still raised a bunch of questions for me. Then I started to worry that maybe I'm not allowed to draw anything referring to the Muslim religion. I remember a big commotion a while back because someone drew the likeness of Muhammad. That's when I realized there is still a lot of fear that comes up when I think about this stuff. It's uncomfortable. The sad part is that I think more than anything it is simply the fear of the unknown, and if I took just a minute to educate myself the fear would become substantially less.
I don’t know if I’ve mentioned this or not yet, but ‘Prayers for Peace’ did end up winning the Next Great Filmmaker Award. It has helped so much. Thanks for everyone who took the time to vote. I sent out a big e-blast that said that my thank you present would be to finish 100 animations by mid-August. That’ll mean one every day until then, we’ll see.
Animation Hotline is a series of daily animations where I use messages left on my voicemail for content. When you get a chance please leave me a message, and honestly it’s best if you leave more than one because sometimes what you think is the perfect message might simply be impossible for me to animate in one day. This project is only as good as the messages that you leave me, so if you feel so inspired, call!
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