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FIGURE 20.1 Dad. © Sara Plum

CHAPTER 20Dad

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THE JAPANESE HAVE the expression: jishin, kaminari, kaji, oyaji: “earthquake, thunder, fire, father.” All things scary!

What Are We Looking at?

This has already been strongly determined by the title of the image. Our blood relations of dad, mom, sister, brother, grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins are the family we have been given as opposed to the one we choose and later recreate. The powerful word “dad” instantly triggers most of us either positively or negatively, and everything in between. The three letters, one repeated, so only really two ...

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