No such thing as spirits

Dec. 1st, 2009 12:00 am
Saya & Chihaya (Sorairo-Magatama), artist Miho Satake
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"To speak truthfully, spirits are no more than ordinary people, only with stouter hearts. There's no such thing as a true 'spirit'. I am just a peacemaking, jesting old man."
  — Tai Yi of the Golden Cave, from NeZha Riots the Seas (1979 Chinese Animation) as subtitled by Laitma
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I think I would throw down my weapons and fight

Sand Dance is a novel highly experimental in nature. Formed loosely in the tradition of wuxia (the ancient Chinese knight errant), it is an attempt to create a narrative experience more spiritual than physical: a tale of time disregarding age; a story of love devoid of romance; a quest for vengeance without weapons. Sand Dance is a question and a tentative answer: how can a fantasy epic be when sex and strife are absent elements? where good and evil are not the irreconcilable opposites?

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