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The article talks about the Japanese surrealist poet Yuki Tanaka’s debut collection, Chronicle of Drifting. The article draws comparisons between Tanaka and René Magritte, noting recurring references to Magritte’s “man in a bowler hat.” Based on the idea of “a Japanese Magritte,” I created this image. The object obscuring the figure’s face was inspired by one of Tanaka’s poems, where he imagines the rings of a cappuccino as a Baumkuchen universe.