like this casual “woo” of otherwise “normal” looking Japanese people. There’s a sort of socially acceptable amount of ambient voodoo belief here (beliefs that don’t bleed over into didactic moralism, and therefore are so much more beautiful). I think it helps diffuse a certain amount of loneliness or solitude.

— Craig Mod, Day 3 — Holy Spots, Cackles, Diving Women, About A Nightingale, 2025