A pajarillo que se ha de perder, alillas le han de nacer. Apparently, prosperity is cause of ruin. And we couldn’t resist that little bird doomed to get lost even before taking wing for the first time. In a hollow tree there is a nest. In that nest there are two chicks still covered in […]
ANTICIPATION AND FEAR, BIRDS OF A SHIVER. Read More »
ORIGIN: What can we say? Sometimes we don’t see eye to eye and our hearts aren’t in the same place. One of us wanted to smell the roses and the other wanted to scream. This was the compromise we reached. A childhood home is where you learn to make preparations for the future. Dreams don’t
ORIGINS: Don’t ask us why, but the left eye of the last character in the original series reminded us of a spiral shell. All that was missing was the hermit crab. The four walls of our home have always been our lifeline, and we thought that any hermit crab would empathize with us. But maybe
LAUNDRY AND SPIRAL SHELLS. Read More »
ORIGINS: Look at the eyes of the seventh character in the original series. A row of pigs (times two). That’s what we saw. And even though all of them were white, some had longer snouts, and we were in low spirits. One pig stood out, and our minds’ eyes colored it pink, darkening the others.
PINK PIGLET AMONG WILD BOARS. Read More »
ORIGINS: When the Brush speaks, we listen. It’s the same pair of windows over and over again. But the panda bear was there, and we went with the flow. Or, in this case, the stains of rain on the wall. Middle Child: There is no happily-ever-after. There is no picture-perfect home. There are only panda
PANDA BEARS, OWLS, CATS AND FLOWERS IN BALCONIES. Read More »
ORIGINS: Nostalgia spoke, and we obeyed. What are homes if not peeling wallpapers and portraits on the walls? The wallpaper is peeling. Is this what growing up feels like? Someone will replace me soon. I can feel it in every fiber, in every trace of ink that I have. I was only ever meant to
Peeling wallpapers. Read More »
ORIGINS: The fourth character’s nose reminded us of a snail with a crescent moon painted on its shell. Home sweet home. I am not a very good liar. I wish I were. I wish I could do like snails do. Hide every little part of myself inside my own shell, and stick them all onto
Snail lunar snail. Read More »
ORIGINS: It all started with a narwhal. Its tusk reminded us of the spiral shells where some hermit crabs make their homes. And we couldn’t help wondering if one such crab would ever try to upgrade to a whale. (Look at the eyebrow of the sixth character in the original series) In another life I
Of whales and spiral shells. Read More »
In this planet there are turtles, butterflies, whales and pigeons. In this planet there is a girl. What they have in common is a nose, a compass. How sad that only one of those noses is broken.