Category: Trompe L’oeil

It’s not outside that counts, but there’s a limit to that too. -Dr. Atsuko Chiba             If I were to sleepwalk back through the entirety of my life, I’d consider myself reality’s designated scapegoat. Going through it the first time, I found myself much more attentive to my surroundings than most of the people around me. […]

On the year’s last day / when all of a life’s accounts / have been settled up. -Hana             When I look back at myself and my circumstances, I don’t feel I have much, if anything, to be truly thankful for. To elaborate, by “truly thankful” I mean thankful in a way that cannot be attributed […]

I hate you more than I can bear. And I love you more than I can bear. -The Old Hag             The fact that life is lived as performance is a truth I’ve understood as long as I can remember. Though everyone puts on a performance, many spend a large part of their lives completely […]