Jo Callaghan

“You can like gaming and novels, you know. They’re just different ways of telling stories.”
― Jo Callaghan, Human Remains

“Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil” was popularised in the seventeenth century as a pictorial Shinto maxim, carved in the famous Tōshō-gū Shinto shrine in Nikkō, Japan.’ Lock pointed to the image that it projected before them. ‘This famous carving depicts three monkeys, one covering its eyes, another its ears and the third its mouth with their hands. The three wise monkeys, as they’re known, are generally believed to illustrate the idea of protecting oneself from seeing, hearing or speaking of unsavoury behaviour, building upon a Buddhist tenet of not dwelling upon evil thoughts. But in Western cultures, it has become a more negative rather than an aspirational proverb, implying criticism of those who choose to look away from or remain silent about immoral acts.”
― Jo Callaghan, Leave No Trace