David Bull, woodblock printmaker, pirate, and cancer survivor. Excellent story as ever Dave, thank you for sharing with us!

Some time in the future I was wondering if you could analyze one of Hasui’s prints. I look at his prints and my first thought is,‘How did he do that?’ How did they get what they got from blockers of wood? It's hard to grasp that a team of carvers and printers could be so well coranted. For example; After Rain at Sanno Shrine. How did they pull off such subtle gradation in the value? When I look at a Ukiyo-e print I can pretty much get how its effects were created. But not Shin-hanga. They look more like lithographs. Love your show. I hope one day to get over there and see your shop. Roger McLain Atlanta Georgia.

This is just, in general, one of the most informative, entertaining, and enjoyable videos I’ve seen, period. Dave, you are a GREAT communicator, and your passion for & knowledge of woodblock printmaking is so amazing, but your personality is what makes all this content shine. WHO you are is what makes WHAT you do, SO enjoyable and fun to consume. So THANK YOU, for all your work and the time you put into content like this. I, and im sure dozens of thousands of people, are thankful for you! PS. Glad to hear your health is well and you are feeling better. Praying for your peace, strength, and JOY to continue to sustain you and your work! We love you Brother Dave!

6 years later, I would be in for reprints of those Genji characters. Would the blocks still be in good shape ?

I've been on these routes before, none of these explain the formation of life. It's nice and entertaining, and at the end of the day, whatever makes you sleep at night.

It is your choice to let people know. A lot of people won't pay attention, and suffer a terrible price. Was the machine very noisy? I have had both MRI and CT, and MRI is VERY noisy. In the CT, I had earphones and listened to music. Much nicer. Glad you made it through.

That point made about the doctor unable to get the vein, mostly nurses and phlebotomists are better at it than surgeons. I work in the veterinary field, and I can pull blood better than 90% of the doctors Ive worked with in my 24 years of experience

I was actually living in Japan when your Remembering A Carver video popped off in 2017 and like many others discovered your channel and became a fan of your work. To this day I regret not being able to make a trip up to Tokyo to visit your shop happen before I left the country in 2018, although knowing now what I know about what you were going through at the time, perhaps it's best that one less person hassled you in person while you were going through it. Glad you pulled through and here's to many more years of being cancer-free, Dave!

_"Not nutcases like me, normal people . . !"_ then at 53:16 "Let's see if we can arrange to talk to her." - I love this. That you bimbling about in this workshop is no more an occurrence than my dog patrolling the kitchen to watch me cook. You, your camera and every word you've said so far like David Attenborough to a bear catching fish. Delightful.

i love your videos so much david, ive been watching since the month that remembering a carver video came up on my feed. thanks so much for sharing this, it's really enlightening to hear about! <3 so happy to see you're doing better now

I am 26. I admit dying, especially having cancer, is my greatest fear. I think maybe a quarter life crisis is happening. But if I can be as calm and collected as you if that day ever comes, I’d at least be happy with that. Thank you for everything.

Dave please PLEASE DO history lessons in these videos. Every single one of us love it!!

For all the clichés about polite Japanese behavior, i thought the doctors super blunt comment about Davids complaints compared to the real pain of giving birth had me howling.

Im so glad to see another of your videos

Deep respect for you and congratulations for your healing, dear David!

Incredible story David! Glad you got through it

No need to apologise. We have no right to this story while you have every right to privacy. Instead, we should thank you for sharing this. It will be inspirational to all of us.

I really appreciated the story about your father, thank you.

i enjoy these stories.

Hello from sarnia

This was the first video by Dave Bull I ever saw. I’ve since purchased a few prints from him, and every time I look at them I think ‘it’s not garbage’ and take comfort knowing they will indeed be passed on and on and on.

I was lucky enough to visit Asakusa and Mokuhankan in August with my family. We met Dave and some of the other staff. Really, if you’re in the area, do visit. It’s fantastic

Friends came and went, I moved places but this channel remained a constant in my life throughout. Can't wait to visit your shop 3 weeks from now!!

Thank you. Very educational. I wonder how much one of those limited series prints cost? Just went to the website; very affordable!

I’m about 40 minutes into this and there have been about 4 times that Dave says something that about sends me through the ceiling and he just keeps working like he wasn’t even the one who lived through it.

David honestly has a great mind in seeing how he can transform these Japanese crafts into very profitable businesses he has fantastic ideas pity they won't take him up on those ideas

The biggest shock for me was not having seen a David Attenborough documentary! I can send you them on DVD Dave 😂

This has SUCH a Bob Ross feel!

Develop a small crush on a paper maker wasn't on my 2024 bingo card, but here we are.

I also saw the plane video…. Perhaps on a flight to or from Poland and US through Germany. It made a huge impact on me. It is one aspect that sent me back on my own journey as an artist. I haven’t seen any of your videos since. This year has been difficult and transformative, and I come across this video today. Thank you for sharing your story.

That first dr, yeah mate, do whatever you want. That was, 100%, unequivocally, the worst dr ever...

this is amazing. David, you are an incredible person. This supports the old tradition of story telling and how important it is to listen to your elders (don't be offended). Hope always the best to you David.

i would watch a whole series of you exploring smalls towns and shrines.

Sorry to hear that. I lost my brother and father in a single car accident in 2013. I was 18 years old. had a rough 10 years but I'm enjoying my adult life now but I'd be lying if I said the first few years weren't rough

We got two David Bull videos more than an hour long in just a few weeks time?!?! How incredibly lucky are we?! And now is Dave sharing some very personal stuff with us?! We love you David! Everyone here would gladly listen to you talk for hours on end

That interview was SO good!! She was so delightful!! I hope she sees this! I would sit and watch her process for hours and hours. I love meaningful repetition and attention to detail and she seems to be the very best in both, although she would never allow herself to admit that lol You blew it out of the park with this whole video presentation, Dave!!!!!

One thing I think that is underappreciated about Mr. Bull is his gift for oration. He speaks clearly, precisely, animatedly, and coherently, usually without any sort of script (that I can detect anyway). He doesn't wander or lose track of what he's saying. Perhaps his greatest talent is being a compelling narrator. To the points discussed in this video, I definitely understand the desire for stimulating intellectual discussions. Feeling isolated; either having no relationships with others capable of such interactions, or being unable to facilitate opportunities to have them, can cause one to die by inches. Talking to one's self is all well and good, but it does not refine your ideas and your ability to communicate them in the same way that animated discussion can. Make good friends, and talk about everything. Inquire into the nature of time, human experience, and what it means to exist. Life, death, meaning or the absence of it. Right and wrong. Seek understanding. Even if the ideas you develop are incorrect, the sustained effort of developing your understanding will grant you more wisdom and perspective than you previously possessed.

You’re a great storyteller, David, and I’m glad you came through all of that in good spirits. That said, I’m just floored that it’s been so long since ‘17. Seems like just last year I saw “that video” and started watching your content.

You know, medical doctors not being able to put in a needle into your veins is very common place. I have a friend working for the blood bank 😁 not a medical doctor.

You holding a book that's a quarter of millennia old is just NUTS

You did it again Dave.... You always doubt yourself if being worthy enough, and i guess that's a very Japanese quality, but i assure you these videos are always PERFECT for your audience. We all love every second of it and I'm even probably the local expert in my town when it comes to woodblock prints because of you lol

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It's so good to see you dave!

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Please write a book

It's so nice to see you doing well David!