Illustrations by J. P. Targete, Jorge Fares, Ben Wootten
[About the dream sequences] My feeling was due to this way that I have of waking up gradually, which is uncommon. Some part of my brain—even though I’m awake—I’m still functioning as a dream. I think it’s like the start point of the story of Stephane’s issue, is that I can wake up and really believe and be convinced that the dream I experienced is a real memory and I really did that in real life. I think when I was younger I would wake up [and] would have a hard time to squeeze back my image perception in my real body. - Michel Gondry
Wendigo
The Wendigo is a mythical creature appearing in the mythology of the Algonquian people. It is a malevolent cannibalistic spirit into which humans could transform, or which could possess humans. Those who indulged in cannibalism were at particular risk, and the legend appears to have reinforced this practice as a taboo.
Wendigo psychosis is the name conventionally given to a culture-bound disorder which involved an intense craving for human flesh and the fear that the sufferer would turn into a cannibal. This once occurred frequently among Algonquian Native cultures, but has declined due to the Native American urbanization.
