ORIGIN: It’s a family tree. Rabbits belong in the moon, and I like to tie my hair, but brother was the lunatic in the family. He chose a bird, but I patterned myself after a butterfly because beauty picks most every lock. I was a mousy little thing, not anybody’s pick of the litter. I […]
BATTY FAMILY TREE: GREAT-AUNT. Read More »
ORIGIN: It was supposed to be a little girl curled up against something soft. But we can’t really tell the difference between an alpaca and a llama, so just think of it as poetic license. Recycling meant turning the piece upside down, and the wolf just called to us. Moonlight makes me want to curl
CURLED UP AGAINST SOFT COMFORT. Read More »
ORIGIN: There’s a hunchback at the heart of this Brush. His loyal dog is ready to hunt a white bird. But we are partial to big bad wolves and hand puppets because the heart on our sleeve shouldn’t be allowed to fly away. I would rather that bird had been up front with me. I’m
A HUNCHBACK, HIS HUNTING DOG AND THE GRIM FUTURE OF SOME WHITE BIRD. Read More »
ORIGIN: Corcho connected the dots and got an aloof cat turning its back to everything and everyone. Grendel got a prince lonelier than the moon waiting for his first kiss. And the rest is history. It’s too late for ladders, and anyway I prefer train tracks. I would rather cloud the moon and the stars.
AN ALOOF CAT, A LITTLE PRINCE AND AN UNASKED FOR LADDER TO THE MOON. Read More »
ORIGIN: Just pretend the dog and the crocodile aren’t there. Focus on the black and white cats and the face in profile. We grew up drawing the good side of the moon and we have never been good with non-magical words. That’s why we will always be grateful to the cat for getting our tongue.
CATS ENCROACHING ON THE MOON. Read More »
ORIGIN: Such ruthlessness. Wolves and mermaids could have been the best of friends. It’s a pity they are at cross-purposes. Wolves howl to keep the moon afloat, whereas mermaids sing to shipwreck it. They seem to be evenly matched. This might be your one and only chance to weigh in. So tell me, who will
WOLVES VERSUS MERMAIDS. Read More »
The first word is moon (달), and if we double its first consonant, it becomes a daughter (딸). We liked that transition, so, we looked for another word that would be amenable to a similar fate. And that is how we found a rice plant (벼) that becomes a bone (뼈). Once upon a
BONES, RICE AND THE DAUGHTER OF THE MOON. Read More »
ORIGINS: Look at the prop of the sixth character in the original series. That hat (times two) reminded us of a lily pad, only what should have been a moon-white flower happens to be a pierrot. Waterlilies will forever be paired with breadcrumbs in our hearts, and that just happens to be what pigeons like
OF PIERROTS AND WATERLILIES. Read More »
ORIGINS: Do you see the medallion that’s next to the fifth character in the original series? Corcho said that if it had been any more obvious, it would have bitten her on the nose. Puppies are the missing pieces of each and every crescent moon. What do you want me to say? I was lonely
PUPPY AND THE MOON. Read More »
ORIGINS: We were leafing through an old book, and one of the pictures caught our eyes. It was a fish, with what we can only call rosy cheeks. Its name, as it was written in that book, was Damsel of the Two Moons, and since we didn’t like any of the other names we found
DAMSELS OF THE TWO MOONS. Read More »