I remember teaching a theatre class for young folk in Bristol when a 6-year old told me with absolute certainty that adults never played.

"So you don't think that your grown-ups play games?"
"Only with me", he said. "The rest of the time they're serious."

Anyway, here's a bit from Homo Ludens:

∆

Manual de Aventuras do Cebolinha. Uma obra-prima da literatura infantil.
.Y

A self-portrait for the delectation of your eyeballs —

Forgetn't •
√π√π√π√π

The eyeball is
the brain — touching
the air —

—

And a merry day to you as well

.¥

¥. B. Eno. Bette. A.

¥. Listening to José Saramago's Blindness audiobook — immediately added to the long list of literary masterpieces I'd LOVE to adapt into Tephra.

Not sure where it'd be set, tho, maybe Tali-Akesh.

In the spirit of claiming bluesky as my place to share the nerdiest parts of being double jinx's artistic director, here's our fantasy world, Tephra, in 3 stages:
Just sea currents (thanks, @artifexian.bsky.social)
My poor attempt in Wonderdraft
Nate's illustration

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