2021

99 word meals: first breakfast borrows poetic forms to cope with the disruption of going from two 1/4 pills a day to three 1/4 pills a day for my canine companion, Holly Jolly Pumpkin. this extra 1⁄4 tablet altered my understanding and arrangement of the everyday ritual.

each writing navigates the preparation of a specific food or meal, and allows the permeation of the conscious to grapple with the consequences of alteration. individuals that completed a brief questionnaire were mailed a handwritten and custom stamp collage “recipe” postcard, culminating with a live zoom event to “share a meal”.

this format creates pockets for the reader / maker of the “recipe” to interpret and invites collaboration.

the meal opened with brief introductions from all participants followed by a reading of bed meal, leading attendees into assigned breakout rooms. room assignments and duration changed throughout, echoing the natural flow of an in person gathering, but emphasizing the jolting sensation of an online event choreographed by the host. rooms consisted of 2-5 attendees at a time for approximately 30 minutes. closing out the event i gave a reading of dishes.

*with time comes regrets or things we wish we had done differently, and the documentation of the postcards is a prime example. instead of scanning them, I decided to photograph them in a very blue-light heavy room, and mailed them out before realizing the issue. given that they are not completely out of the range of reasonable colors, I would say the repairs were a success. and there is something quite lovely about the variation of colors from one to the next that I find attractive looking back.