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Transcend the Original//
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The Shaka statue was only one of many clones.//
You also cloned modern art.//
My favorite was Manet’s The Fifer .//
You not only cloned the painting,/you also brought the boy/—and his flute!/—right off the canvas/and into the audience in full 3-D.//
I could touch him!//
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One of the features of clones/is that we don’t have to worry so much about security or deterioration.//
You can touch them with your own hands.//
Currently,/we’re developing a clone boy/who will actually play the flute live for you.//
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I can’t wait!//
- M :
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We are also making ukiyo-e clones.//
Of course,/you know Utagawa Hiroshige’s blooming plum tree.//
What’s amazing about our clone/is that you can smell the blossoms.//
We soaked the clone in fragrance.//
You can touch it/and feel the subtle irregularities of the surface.//
In fact,/this kind of clone transcends the original/and even expands the possibilities of art.//
That’s why we call them “super” clones.//