Whereas surrealism sought to transcend reality from above, 'subrealism' sought to 'dive through the bottom of reality.' The three artists' activities in Shimomaruko were based on this idea.

I began to feel sorry for Hubby, dog my cats if I didn't.

Well, two beat ups (the bullied kids) would split that cash fifty-fifty.

But Richmond[…]appeared to lose himself in his own reflections. Some pickled crab, which he had not touched, had been removed with a damson pie; and his sister saw, peeping around the massive silver epergne that almost obscured him from her view, that he had eaten no more than a spoonful of that either.