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A week ago from today, I saw Joe Hisaishi conduct two musical pieces from my favorite “Castle In The Sky”. Seeing him conduct the evocative musical score of such an underrated gem of a film just in time for the film’s 40th anniversary later this year was a dream come true for me. A Shorts video of mine featuring Hisaishi conducting the opening musical piece of the film, “The Girl Who Fell From The Sky” can be seen in the link provided above.

Photo 1: Joe Hisaishi behind piano taking a bow during standing ovation.
Photos 2 & 3: Joe Hisaishi with orchestra during standing ovation.
Photo 4: Percussion Section With French Horn
Photo 5: Percussion With Gong, Xylophones, Tambourine, & Woodwind Sections
Photo 6: More of Percussion & Woodwind Sections
Photo 7: Strings Section With Piano

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To finish the last day of Autism Awareness/Acceptance Month on a high note, here is a video of Madden Orlovsky, a young man on the autism spectrum who is the son of ESPN commentator, Dan Orlovsky. He is an artist who drew the logos for all 32 NFL teams and an Eagles fan, and even got a swag bag from Eagles WR Devonta Smith, who has a family member who is autistic. To anyone who is an Eagles fan, is autistic or knows someone who is, an artist, or all of the above, this is a heartwarming watch.

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Top 3 Highlights of My Chicago, Illinois Trip (4/22-4/24/2026; Highlights By Photo Order)

1. Seeing Joe Hisaishi Performance At The Chicago Symphony Orchestra (4/23/26; Joe Hisaishi Standing In Front Of Piano During Standing Ovation). Link To a Video Sample Of The Concert Can Be Found Here: youtube.com/shorts/wg0YGkRjLr...
2. Going To The Lincoln Park Zoo and Seeing New Birds (4/24/26; Cassowary that I rode on at the Endangered Species Carousel 🎠)
3. Going To Millennium Park and Seeing The Bean and Birdwatching (4/23/26)
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An interesting take on Studio Ghibli and some of their characters mirroring traits of autism spectrum disorder. The films highlighted are “Kiki’s Delivery Service”, “Princess Mononoke”, “Whisper Of The Heart”, “Howl’s Moving Castle”, and “The Tale Of The Princess Kaguya”, and there are potential spoilers to those who haven’t seen those films. If you are interested in seeing any of these films, I highly suggest to watch them and come back to this video. To any Ghibli fans out there, are there any characters that you suspect or headcanon as being autistic? Personally, I headcanon the characters Nausicaa (“Nausicaa Of The Valley Of The Wind”), Sophie (“Howl’s Moving Castle”), Sheeta (“Castle In The Sky”, Jiro Horikoshi from “The Wind Rises” and Therru (“Tales From Earthsea”) as being on the spectrum.
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An autistic boy who turned famous last year for mimicking bird calls and sounds with insane precision. 🐦🎶

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PhantomStrider’s video about rarely talked about autistic traits.

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It is rather late, but Happy Autism Awareness/Acceptance Month, & Happy belated World Autism Awareness Day! Throughout the month, I would like to share some autism-related videos, but in the meantime, here are some autistic YouTubers and content creators I would like to recommend and give a shout-out to: @LP69 Birding and Nature (@heronperch_23), ‪@phantomstrider‬ ‪@TheMysteriousMrEnter‬ ‪@MoviesWithMark‬ ‪@dominicsanimatedreviews5966‬ ‪@sparkbirdmusic‬ ‪@featheredfriendzy‬ ‪@brittanydavisghiblieaglesfan‬ ‪@TheCarpetbagger‬ ‪@TheAutisticThrillseeker‬ ‪@escapethecagephotography‬ ‪@traviscunningham7062‬

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Happy Lunar New Year (Year of the Horse) and Mardi Gras to all who celebrate! 🌕🧧🎍🎋🐴💜💚💛 I apologize for the hiatus, but I’m hoping to release videos of the birds during Blizzard Fern of last month either tomorrow or Thursday. Stay tuned!

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Happy 85th birthday, Hayao Miyazaki! Below is a link to an awesome Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli tribute of clips from Ghibli with a Walt Disney voiceover and audio from Disney films. Hope you enjoy! 😉😊

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Happy 75th birthday to Ghibli composer, Joe Hisaishi! Regarded as the John Williams of anime, Hisaishi has composed the musical scores of all but one of director Hayao Miyazaki’s movies, including but not limited to “Howl’s Moving Castle” (the track, “Merry-Go-Round Of Life” from the movie is so acclaimed that it received record downloads on Spotify in recent years), “Spirited Away”, “Princess Mononoke”, “My Neighor Totoro”, etc., as well as for Isao Takahata’s moving animated fable, “The Tale Of The Princess Kaguya”. Seeing Joe Hisaishi perform earlier this year was such a treasure, and I hope to see him perform again. 🙂

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