Everything starts with a corpse (屍尸), a body that has been abandoned by its soul. In the first half of that word, we find a deer (鹿), and what’s left is a pair of wings (羽根). They could have belonged to a bird or an insect, but we will go with a bird because we […]
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ORIGINS: Schrödinger’s cat. But we are, and always will be, partial to birds. In the original character’s eyes, the bird was alive, wings spread wide, ready to take flight. But we turned them upside down, and the bird died, with those same wings spread stiff. “Spread your wings,” they said. “Take flight,” they said. “Smile.
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ORIGINS: Birds fly away and mice run into hiding. There is no better picture of cowardice. And we owe it to the eyes of the sixth character in the original series. Thank you. By the way, as usual, the props are built from the eyes of each character. Here’s the thing. The world doesn’t go
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ORIGINS: Look at the second owl in the original series while it is upside down. There is a forest between its wings. Those tall trees with their white leaves form a many-legged elephant. Are you wondering where the winged strawberry came from? Every forest has a heart, and the owl refused to be left out.
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ORIGINS: In the original series each winged-monkey has its own painting. If you look at the frame of the last one, you will find the likeness of a bearded old man. That beard reminded one of us of an angel, but the other one saw an angry demon mask. And who else but a devil
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