As the wind sweeps across the swaying grass and clouds drift low, The Year in the Wind captures the diverse rhythms of human existence within the relentless flow of time. Through the fluid and ethereal medium of watercolor animation, the film eschews dramatic climaxes in favor of the quiet power of changing seasons. It portrays individuals moving at their own pace—accelerating with the gusts, pausing against the gales, growing, stumbling, and eventually letting go. This is a sensory meditation on the shared experience of life: an endless journey where there is no destination, only the wind carrying us forward through the currents of history and memory.

This animation explores the diversity of human experience, depicting individuals moving through the currents of time. There are no climaxes, no dramatic events—only wind, grass, clouds, and the passing seasons. I hope viewers can feel the shared experiences of life: moments of acceleration and pause, moving with or against the wind, growing, losing, and letting go. The wind carries them—and carries us—all along our own journeys.