A Bird That Only Comes When It Is Safe On houou, and what it means to carry the image of something that refuses to exist in difficult times You already know the Western phoenix. It burns. It dies. It rises from its own ashes — solitary, cyclical, defined entirely by its relationship with destruction. It…
The Crest That Was Given, Not Chosen On kiri, and what it means to carry a symbol that has always belonged to someone greater than yourself The other motifs in this series were chosen for their beauty, their symbolism, their poetic resonance with the natural world. The crane for longevity. The peony for abundance. The…
