 How is Miyazaki viewed by his contemporaries?
The Japanese director, Hayao Miyazaki, who spent three years on Princess Mononoke and is reported to have done 70 percent of its paintings himself, seems to work from the outside in: to begin with the curve of the earth, then the mossy hills, the watercolor foliage, the nubby stones, the whorls on the wood, the meticulous carvings on a teacup. If Miyazaki in long shot is contemplative, in close-up he's ferocious. It's the beginning of what Bill McKibben called "the end of nature"--that is, when nature became no longer an autonomous, self-regulating force but one touched (and, in Miyazaki's view, poisoned) by human industry.
 Miyazaki is an inspiration to artists of many genres.
 Miyazaki is homiletic.  Miyazaki is an inspiration to artists of many genres.  Miyazaki is contemplative and ferocious.  Miyazaki is solipsistic.