home, 2021
Troy & the Urgent Pepper
Abundance so immense that it takes a whole village to hold it down. What a sight to behold! I have no clue why they need to tether a massive vegetable in such a fashion. But I know how it feels: the spectacle is in the tension. Move apart from each other to hold the line: when the whole is completely taut, everything is in perfect balance. All it takes is the 'pep' in your step to curl our stems.
This base image is from the book June 29, 1999, by David Wiesner.
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Sarah, iteration 0
So many things have to happen in a society for this pepper to be giant and inflatable, not to mention actually levitating above the earth. I have no clue why that village of people need to hold down a large inflatable vegetable in such a fashion. But I know how it feels. An extravagant red balloon for a day in the park. Surreal. When you're too big for your britches (by no fault of your own?) but a source of joy still, and a reason for collective action. Don't float away, we need you here. There's enough 'pep' in your step to curl our stems.
Made, iteration 0
Thinking -- The two complementary parts perfectly balanced- the people pulling and the pepper floating - tension in the strings
Pulling groundwards, surging upwards, the spectacle is in the tension. We move apart from each other, yet the whole completely taut means we are in perfect balance.
Lukee, iteration 0
Exactly one big thing has to happen in a society for a village of people to hold down a large inflatable vegetable in such a fashion, pulling groundwards, surging upwards. An extravagant red balloon for a day in the park, and a reason for collective action. The spectacle is in the tension. Don't float away, we need you here.
Sarah, iteration 1
Schedule an indulge. Abundance so immense you can scarcely hold onto it. What a sight to behold! Too big for your britches (by no fault of your own?) but a source of joy still, and a reason for collective action. Pulling groundwards, surging upwards, the spectacle is in the tension. We move apart from each other, yet the whole completely taut means we are in perfect balance. Don't float away, we need you here. There's enough 'pep' in your step to curl our stems.
Sam, iteration 1
Pep. Purr. Flow. Wit. Terra. Ideation.
Made, iteration 1
I have no clue why that village of people need to hold down a large inflatable vegetable in such a fashion. But I know how it feels: the spectacle is in the tension. The abundance so immense you can scarcely hold onto it - that's a reason to curl our stems and heave-ho together. What a sight to behold! Wow.
Lukee, iteration 1
Watching, walking, every way at once
Holding a drop of mind, a drop of wisdom, by the beard
tailored just for us. For we with needle and thread, sew time, like me, to wear it one day and disappear in its fold
Then you'll be able to sew time, like me, to wear it one day and disappear in its folds
Sarah, iteration 2
A pepper named "Troy" (what's inside??)
// I have no clue why that village of people needs to hold down a large inflatable vegetable in such a fashion. But I know how it feels: the spectacle is in the tension. What a sight to behold! Abundance so immense you can scarcely hold onto it (see it all at once). We move apart from each other to hold the line, yet the whole completely taut means we are in perfect balance. Don't float away, we need you here. There's enough 'pep' in your step to curl our stems.
Sam, iteration 2
The trojan pepper was believed to be a float, but it was afloat on false hopes.
Made, iteration 2
Exactly one big thing has to happen in a society for a village of people to hold down a large inflatable vegetable - they schedule an indulge. I have no clue how they have such pep in their step. But I know how it feels: the spectacle is in the tension. The abundance so immense you can scarcely hold onto it - that's a reason to curl our stems and heave-ho together, completely taut and perfectly balanced. What a sight to behold! Wow.
Lukee, iteration 2
Abundance so immense (a vegetable so extravagant) that a village of people can scarcely hold it down. I know how it feels: a source of joy, and a reason for collective action -- the spectacle is in the tension. The whole completely taut in perfect balance: what a sight to behold!
