Is it conceivable that mysticism is a mark of inadequate art?
Mysticism and the supernatural are embedded in the show - it's called 'Da Vinci's Demons' for a reason, and it's not just metaphorical.
I wasn't that much of a Disney buff growing up, but I love the mystical and magical nature of Peter Pan, and I have connected with that character through Owen [Suskind] in making this film ["Life, Animated"].
For millennia, artists and mystics have pondered the question of how to represent that which, by definition, cannot or must not be represented.
If I had to read only one author, it would be Gabriel Garcia Marquez because I love the mystical, magical quality of his writing.
Nothing is more witty and grotesque than ancient mythology and Christianity; that is because they are so mystical.
Martial arts is the kind of action that does tie in well to the supernatural.
You can't just have stuff that is free and escapist, you have to have stuff that is confrontational as well. You need stuff that is mystical but you need the realism too.
