Ryan Larkin

Amazing animated short by Ryan Larkin: 'Walking.' The film possesses a kind of quality and feeling and sense of connectedness to the audience that seems so rare today.

Hat tip to Jack Shedd of Big Contrarian, one of my new favorite blogs. He links to a 2005 documentary about Ryan, who, after creating some extremely influential works of animation, slipped into alcohol and drug abuse and ended up homeless on the streets of Toronto.