There is a story about a man named Seiko, who loved dragons. He built his house in the shape of a dragon. He made paper dragon kites and told dragon stories to his children. He also loved to carve dragons. His reputation grew far and wide. One day, sure enough, a dragon flew by and saw the shape of his house and said, "Oh, I should visit this man, because he'll be very pleased to see me." So the dragon descended and knocked on his door, and when Seiko opened the door and saw the dragon, he cried, "Ohhhhhhhh!" And this scared the dragon away.
The story is about how we love the paper dragons, or our fantasies, our endless and infinite fantasies. We love them and are attached to them. We love to entertain them, but we don't want to face the true dragon when it appears before us.
— Jakusho Kwong, No Beginning, No End