While I’m writing this bedridden, I’m reminiscing about Friday’s night out and I only thought to put it for Week 5’s initiative. I visited a bar in Brunswick called ‘Bimbo Deluxe’ for a friend’s birthday and yes, it was my first time at a bar (I’m more of a clubbing person tbh).

I didn’t think much of the interior mainly due to the bar’s dimly lit setting, but one thing actually caught my eye. The disk jockey’s set – more specifically, the images/videos that were projected behind him:

I really liked the touch of animation in a setting of a bar. From one of my favourite animation studio, Studio Ghibli, the DJ was projecting the movie, My Neighbour Totoro. This is something I never usually see or expect in an adult-setting (aka a bar), as animations are perceived to be for children, which is obviously an outdated form of thinking, but seeing this nice touch of childhood was refreshing yet nostalgic.

Films like Studio Ghibli are something I hope to a part of, creating extraordinary ideas with unconventional characters – almost human-like. Whoever’s idea it was to project a film like My Neighbour Totoro, you are a genius!

lyreca ✨