Canto Cutie - Volume 2

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When a Fisheye is cooked, the transparent crystal shrinks and transforms into anelastic white bead. Tasteless and functionless, it becomes a by-product that is neverused. Yet with the appearance of a sphere and smell of the ocean, the Fisheyebecomes a coarse replica that has been called the Pearl.Behold, and bow before thy precious Pearl!Flashbacks flooded ANON’s mind. It was when the meteorites first hit the city. Eyeswere marching through the streets, chanting as meteorites burst into flames, passingthrough space. They had been causing uproars, determined to spread their beliefsacross the region. Carnival. Cannibal. The parade was nothing but chaos.Granny once said that the city was well-known for holding a Pearl of Orient. The pearlsat in the middle of the region, guarding the city from hazards and decay with asprawling nacre and a rusty shell. Over the century, people would travel miles to seethe prosperous, flourishing legend. But the Pearl of Orient seemed to have lost itslustre, no longer protecting the people nowadays. In this unsettling era, the citybecomes everything but a “Legend”. The future is dead: It has reached a point of noreturn towards dystopia. The phenomenon is apocalyptic. The metropolis has becomemore deadly than it can ever be. Some may even say this is the start of doomsday.There has been an increasing amount of capsaicin rain in the region. Irritation andtemporary blindness caused by the toxic rain may last from 30 minutes to a few
hours. The rain comes with unpredictable meteorite falls. Scorching metal pieces burnwith a golden yellow flame. Having the ability to penetrate asphalt floors, they are sopowerful that the human cannot withstand them under any circumstances.The Catastrophes have also led to abrupt changes in human temperament.Interactions between people become peculiar. Some people are allowed to gather butsome people aren’t. Some rumours are allowed to be spread but some rumours aren’t.Some taboos are allowed to be ignored but some taboos aren’t. The chaos generated isas fatal as the loss of the core of the city.Irritating smoke from the rocks caused ANON to burst into tears. She didn’tunderstand. Where was the Pearl? The Eyes were not holding the Pearl nor anythingremotely similar. Were the meteorites similar to what a Pearl could have been? Theywere flaming dazzling white as well. Maybe the Pearl was something much moreabstract than a physical ornament, maybe a hidden power, or a force, or an army. Ormaybe ANON should stop overthinking. Someone should stop her.ANON ran off to a quiet avenue, trying to gasp a sip of fresh air...Stop right there!... The End.
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藝文聚粵Canto CutieAn art zi
Page 4 and 5: Table of ContentsForword by Katheri
Page 6 and 7: From the editorWhen I started this
Page 8 and 9: 8Peachtree PlazaKaren Kar Yen LawMo
Page 10: Still Life at Popo'sMarissa De Sand
Page 14 and 15: 14kaitlinchan.com@kaitlinmchan
Page 16 and 17: You use graphite as a texture for a
Page 18 and 19: 18Calendar (2020), a 4-panel comic
Page 20 and 21: Intimacy is a theme subtly depicted
Page 22: Sai Mun Zai (2018), a comic origina
Page 25 and 26: In scanning vintage queer newslette
Page 27 and 28: 2020——
Page 29 and 30: Jeffrey AndrewsThe Africa CenterHon
Page 31: Cute andCantonese:An identityrooted
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Page 38 and 39: 38A!er the Chinese government passe
Page 41 and 42: Cover ArtistCrystal Lee
Page 43 and 44: Crystal LeeHong KongCrystal Lee is
Page 45 and 46: W h a t w a s y o u r e x p e r i e
Page 47 and 48: You mentioned that youw a n t e d t
Page 52 and 53: Fish EyeTrigger warning: suicide id
Page 56 and 57: A passage from the Bible: Citizens
Page 59 and 60: But ANON had never thought of dying
Page 61 and 62: The phenomenon has been ongoing for
Page 63 and 64: ANON never knew that there was an a
Page 65 and 66: babbled some gossips. She was out o
Page 67 and 68: Images on page 42 - 69 are part of
Page 70 and 71: 70Upheaval:A poetrycollectionon Hon
Page 72 and 73: cliff facedI am back but in what wa
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Page 77 and 78: Kei qin ahHalf bakedIt is dystopia
Page 80 and 81: Photos on page 75-79 are part of th
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Page 85 and 86: Annika ChengNew York, USAAnnika Che
Page 87 and 88: Being a BIPOC, especially an Asianp
Page 89 and 90: Annika ChengThe Shell of a MaskClea
Page 91 and 92: I think I was always interested in
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Page 95 and 96: Transportation came up a lot becaus
Page 97 and 98: Page 94-99:Annika ChengOur Home, Ho
Page 101 and 102: You write that you cut up your ownc
Page 103 and 104: When creating Beautiful American Ch
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When I was younger, I was very prou
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Can you talk more about the process
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day go byHeady rush yesterday when
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Winnie ChanHong KongWinnie Chan is
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Bianca NgNew Jersey, USABianca Ng (
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During the first few years, babiesa
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Carefully stepover the gap ofmy ope
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Carefully step over the gap ofmy op
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To this day, the sound of Cantonese
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Whenever I commute around myhometow
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Photos on page 128-139 are part of
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This is about being aCantonese-Amer
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Arron LuoAtlanta, USAArron Luo (he/
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the ongoing push and pull and si! a
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Eating Siu Mai Doesn’tMake You Ca
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CUNG 4 GWONG 1saamsyuVideo still@sa
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This triptych artwork, “,” is a
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MondaysIrene KwanIllustration & dig
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stood out to me like an eyesore. It
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I am so glad to have made new frien
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