Oriental Tales

“Wang-Fô and his disciple Ling vanished forever on that jade sea.”

Wang-Fô escapes death by literally walking into his own painting. It feels like art is the only place we can truly hide.

“I am the black abyss where everything is swallowed up.”

The goddess Kali has to live with a human head on her divine body. She is stuck feeling both infinite and incredibly small.

“The perfume of the plum tree followed him into his dreams.”

Prince Genji realizes that memory is more vivid than the person standing right in front of him. We fall in love with ghosts.

Marko Kraylevitch lets his enemy live because he admires his courage. Sometimes a shared struggle matters more than winning.