最も古いとされる芸術、または儀式としての洞窟壁画と、ギリシア神話に出てくるプラトンの「洞窟の比喩」から着想を得て執筆した小説です。現代を取り巻く状況を王様の権威で象徴し、影絵を作るアーティストを神秘的な能力を持った真実を気付かせる人物として描き、事実とフィクションを織り交ぜた話にしています。
This is a short novel that was inspired by a cave painting, the oldest form of art, also considered to be a ceremony, in human history, as well as by the "Allegory of the Cave" by Platon, the Greek Philosopher. With depiction of a Kind as a symbol of authority in current world and with appearance of a shadow puppet master as a mysterious truth reminder, it takes you to metaphoric story between actuality and fiction.