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Letters from a Young Trash Panda: For those who see the beauty of the half-eaten meal

Project type

Linocut Prints paired with Text

Date

March '25 (ongoing)

Location

Houston

An unironic yet utterly silly ode to the struggles of being a nocturnal creature in a world that never quite sleeps—or shuts up. Our protagonist? The raccoon: clever, resourceful, a little manic, often misunderstood, and somehow both annoying and endearing in the same breath. This series pairs short poems, moments, and punchlines with hand-carved prints—each one a small musing on the strange, funny, and sometimes poignant challenges of staying up too late and feeling everything all at once. It's a love letter to the night-dwellers, the oddballs, and the soft-hearted trash pandas among us.

© 2025 Carved by Candlelight. Shane Monds.. All rights reserved.

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