Editing Animism (section)

=== Art and literature ===
Animist beliefs can also be expressed through artwork.{{sfn|Harvey|2005|p=50}} For instance, among the [[Māori people|Māori]] communities of New Zealand, there is an acknowledgement that creating art through carving wood or stone entails violence against the wood or stone person and that the persons who are damaged therefore have to be placated and respected during the process; any excess or waste from the creation of the artwork is returned to the land, while the artwork itself is treated with particular respect.{{sfn|Harvey|2005|p=55}} Harvey, therefore, argued that the creation of art among the Māori was not about creating an inanimate object for display, but rather a transformation of different persons within a relationship.{{sfn|Harvey|2005|p=64}}

Harvey expressed the view that animist worldviews were present in various works of literature, citing such examples as the writings of [[Alan Garner]], [[Leslie Silko]], [[Barbara Kingsolver]], [[Alice Walker]], [[Daniel Quinn]], [[Linda Hogan (writer)|Linda Hogan]], [[David Abram]], [[Patricia Grace]], [[Chinua Achebe]], [[Ursula Le Guin]], [[Louise Erdrich]], and [[Marge Piercy]].{{sfn|Harvey|2005|p=xxiii}}

Animist worldviews have also been identified in the animated films of [[Hayao Miyazaki]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/spirits-gods-and-pastel-paints-the-weird-world-of-master-animator-hayao-miyazaki-1880974.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/spirits-gods-and-pastel-paints-the-weird-world-of-master-animator-hayao-miyazaki-1880974.html |archive-date=7 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Spirits, gods and pastel paints: The weird world of master animator Hayao Miyazaki |first=Robert |last=Epstein |date=31 January 2010 |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |access-date=1 June 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://kyotojournal.org/the-journal/culture-arts/musings-on-miyazaki-early-and-late-2/ |title=Musings on Miyazaki |first=David A. |last=Ross |date=19 April 2011 |publisher=[[Kyoto Journal]] |access-date=1 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170609083409/http://www.kyotojournal.org/the-journal/culture-arts/musings-on-miyazaki-early-and-late-2/ |archive-date=9 June 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Ogihara-Schuck |first=Eriko |date=16 October 2014 |title=Miyazaki's Animism Abroad: The Reception of Japanese Religious Themes by American and German Audiences |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0786472628}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52raDbtNpa4 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151009134931/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52raDbtNpa4&gl=US&hl=en |archive-date=2015-10-09 |title=Hayao Miyazaki - The Essence of Humanity |first=Lewis |last=Bond |publisher=Channel Criswell |website=YouTube.com |date=6 October 2015 |access-date=1 June 2018}}</ref>