I believe the beauty of folktales is that although they are oftentimes fantastical in nature, they stay grounded in some core truths or meanings of life. There is always some value or learning that one can draw from them, which makes them timeless——which is why they stay with people for generations. Tejimola’s story stayed with me since the first time I heard it, and while working on this project, the folktale seemed an obvious parallel to revisit and build this queer narrative around. I think retellings and adaptations are powerful in this sense——it makes people rethink their entire perspective in a way. It displays something that is very familiar to people, and then adding the unfamiliar to it forces one to reflect and rebuild their worldview. And I think this questioning of the norm is what the world needs more of.