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One of the things I love most about the Hirono Listening, Saying, Seeing set is how it reimagines the classic “See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil” proverb.

At first glance, it feels like a playful twist on the three wise monkeys. But the more I look at it, the more I think artist Lang isn’t encouraging us to avoid speaking, listening, or seeing. He’s encouraging us to do all three well.

The “Saying” figure reminds us that there are moments when silence isn’t the answer. Some truths need to be spoken, even when it’s uncomfortable.

The “Listening” figure reminds us to truly hear others—not just wait for our turn to talk, but to listen with empathy and understanding.

And the “Seeing” figure encourages us to look beyond first impressions, biases, and assumptions, and to view the world with clarity and perspective.

Together, the three figures feel less like a warning against engaging with the world and more like a call to engage with it thoughtfully. Speak when your voice is needed. Listen when others need to be heard. See things clearly before passing judgment.

It’s a simple message, but one that feels especially relevant in today’s world.

Classic Hirono—cute on the surface, but carrying a much deeper lesson underneath.

Disclaimer Black Henna is typically some sort of black dye and isn’t real Henna. I didn’t make the henna from scratch. My sister provided a premade cone.

The Hirono Simper by POP MART might honestly be one of the most emotionally powerful art toys I own.

That strained little smile being physically held up by its own hands perfectly captures the exhaustion of pretending to be okay all the time.

Fake smiles. Forced positivity. The version of ourselves we show the world versus how we actually feel inside.

Tiny figure. Huge meaning. 🖤

I will always have a special place in my heart for Labubu for introducing me to PopMart. But Hirono is my absolute favorite. The more I look at this latest set in my collection, the more in-love I become.
Hirono City of Mercy reminds me of the song “Hurt” by Nine Inch Nails. Not the message 100%, but the feeling it evokes. The feeling of melancholy. The dystopian dread and bleak existence. That's what this collection makes me feel. The disconnected feeling of modern society. The details in this collection are impeccable.

It's so well made. I'm so in love with this series. So happy to finally have most of it.

Happy Cinco de Mayo to those who celebrate— but celebration feels different when, just beyond the music and the color, there are families living a nightmare they didn’t choose.

While glasses are raised, mothers are separated from their children. While flags wave, fathers sit behind cold metal bars, waiting, unseen.

They call them “detention centers”— as if a softer word could hide harder truths. But cages are still cages, no matter what name you give them.

There is nothing just about a system that profits from separation, nothing humane about policies that turn grief into policy and pain into procedure.

So today, hold joy in one hand— and truth in the other.

And don’t look away.

Abolish ICE.