A marker, ink, and paint pen drawing of a little monster sitting on the shoulder of a person in a green top. The monster is grasping the person’s ear, and is grinning with a wide pointy-toothed smile. It is dark, and the monster is horned, has long orange fur, huge glowing eyes, purple hands and feet (that also look like hands) with long orange claws, and they are perched neatly, knees against their chest, with one thane on their knee, the other pulling on the person’s ear. This is a representation of the “devil on my shoulder”, a naughty creature that wants me to do naughty things, like hiding all the spoons (I’m in my 50s, committing actual evil is way too much work). My monster is snuggly, and is friends with the other voices in my head, especially Clive. They have a lot in common.
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I got Phantom Press’s ‘Yokai Lore’ (an art book), & was interested to see the idea of the “devil on your shoulder” has a corresponding Yokai: Amanojaku.
This is my personal beastie. No, put down the matches.
