Well, having a newborn is TRIP and I sure haven’t slept - which is appropriate because today we start our continuing journey through our season six visual development with Night’s Pockets - a Jimjams and Pajamas romp where we learn that Jimjams used to be the God of Sleep. I could use him now.
Episode Twelve - Night’s Pockets
First Thomas Wellmann designed Jimjams as said God of the Night:
and then the absolutely brilliant Sarina Nihei animated his backstory.
I highly recommend reading At Day’s Close about the history of nighttime, which I wrote about here:
Night Season
The subject of the day is: Night! Following on from last weeks topic of communal yawning. One of my favourite books is ‘At Day’s Close: Night in Times Past’ by A. Roger Ekrich which explores the history and rituals of night. The history of night time is dense and thick - like a mist! Which is what people used to think night time was, according to our A. …
Over the course of the final season (spoilers ahead) Susie slowly turns into a fossil - a result of her not dealing with some unresolved weather inside of her.
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