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Thursday, October 26, 2006
Just A Few Things i'd Like to Try
Current mood: indescribable
some selections from Yoko Ono's's Grapefruit: A Book of Instructions and Drawings, which is one of my favorite books. let me know if you do or have done any of these yourself. and don't be dissin' on Yoko, man.
PULSE PIECE
Listen to each other's pulse by putting your ear on the other's stomach.
(1963 Winter)
EARTH PIECE
Listen to the sound of the earth turning.
(1963 Spring)
WATER PIECE
Listen to the sound of the underground water.
(1963 Spring)
WATER PIECE
Steal a moon on the water with a bucket. Keep stealing until no moon is seen on the water.
(1964 Spring)
DAWN PIECE
Take the first word that comes across your mind. Repeat the word until dawn.
(1964 Winter)
CONCERT PIECE
When the curtain rises, go hide and wait until everybody leaves you. Come out and play.
(1963 Autumn)
HIDE-AND-SEEK PIECE
Hide until everybody goes home. Hide until everybody forgets about you. Hide until everybody dies.
(1964 Spring)
CITY PIECE
Walk all over the city with an empty baby carriage.
(1961 Winter)
STONE PIECE
Find a stone that is your size or weight. Crack it until it becomes a fine powder. Dispose of it in the river. (a) Send small amounts of it to your friends. (b) Do not tell anybody what you did. Do not explain about the powder to the friends to whom you send it.
(1963 Winter)
WALL PIECE I
Sleep two walls away from each other. Whisper to each other.
(1963 Autumn)
PAINTING FOR THE WIND
Cut a hole in a bag filled with seeds of any kind and place the bag where there is wind.
(1961 Summer)
SHADOW PIECE
Put your shadows together until they become one.
(1963)
PAINTING TO HAMMER A NAIL
Hammer a nail in the center of a piece of glass. Send each fragment to an arbitrary address.
(1962 Spring)
BLOOD PIECE
Use your blood to paint. Keep painting until you faint. (a) Keep painting until you die. (b)
(1960 Spring)
SLEEPING PIECE I
Write all the things you want to do. Ask others to do them, and sleep until they finish doing them. Sleep as long as you can.
(1960 Winter)
SLEEPING PIECE II
Write all the things you intend to do. Show that to somebody. Let him sleep for you until you finish doing them. Do for as long as you can.
(1960 Winter)
PAINTING TO BE CONSTRUCTED IN YOUR HEAD
Observe three paintings carefully. Mix them well in your head.
(1962 Spring)
LIGHTING PIECE
Light a match and wait til it goes out.
(1955 Autumn)
CENTRAL PARK POND PIECE
Go to the middle of the Central Park Pond and drop all your jewelry.
(1956 Autumn)
PEA PIECE
Carry a bag of peas. Leave a pea wherever you go.
(1960 Winter)
ANNOUNCEMENT PIECE I
Give death announcements each time you move instead of giving announcements of the change of address. Send the same when you die.
(1962 Summer)
ANNOUNCEMENT PIECE II
Give a moving announcement each time you die.
(1963 Summer)
MAP PIECE
Draw a map to get lost.
(1964 Spring)
CONVERSATION PIECE (OR CRUTCH PIECE)
Bandage any part of your body. If people ask about it, make a story and tell. If people do not ask about it, draw their attention to it and tell. If people forget about it, remind them of it and keep telling. Do not talk about anything else.
(1962 Summer)
PENCIL LEAD PIECE
Imagine your head filled with pencil leads. Imagine one of them broken. Show a pencil lead to your friend and tell him that it came out of your head.
(1962 Summer)
SUN PIECE
Watch the sun until it becomes square.
(1962 Winter)
WALK PIECE
Stir inside of your brains with a penis until things are mixed well. Take a walk.
(1961 Winter)
LAUNDRY PIECE
In entertaining your guests, bring out your dirty laundry of the day and explain to them about each item. How and when it became dirty and why, etc.
(1963 Summer)
CLOCK PIECE
Make all the clocks in the world fast by two seconds without letting anyone know about it.
(1963 Autumn)
CLOCK PIECE
Steal all the clocks and watches in the world. Destroy them.
(1963 Summer)
THROWING PIECE
Throw a stone into the sky high enough so it will not come back.
(1964 Spring)
SMOKE PIECE
Smoke everything you can, including your pubic hair.
(1964 Spring)
PLANE PIECE
Hire a plane. Invite everybody. Ask them to write a will to you before boarding.
(1964 Spring)
WEARING-OUT MACHINE
Ask a man to wear out various things before you use them, such as: Women Clothes Books Apartments Pianos Typewriters
(1964 Spring)
CONVERSATION PIECE
Talk about the death of an imaginary person. If somebody is interested, bring out a black framed photograph of the deceased and show. If friends invite you, excuse yourself by explaining about the death of the person.
(1963 Summer)
ANIMAL PIECE
Take one mannerism from one kind of animal and make it yours for one week. Take another mannerism from another kind of animal and make it yours without dropping the previously acquired mannerism. Go on increasing mannerisms by taking them from different kinds of animals.
(1963 Summer)
PAPER FOLDING PIECE
Fold certain
Just A Few Things i'd Like to Try
Current mood: indescribable
some selections from Yoko Ono's's Grapefruit: A Book of Instructions and Drawings, which is one of my favorite books. let me know if you do or have done any of these yourself. and don't be dissin' on Yoko, man.
PULSE PIECE
Listen to each other's pulse by putting your ear on the other's stomach.
(1963 Winter)
EARTH PIECE
Listen to the sound of the earth turning.
(1963 Spring)
WATER PIECE
Listen to the sound of the underground water.
(1963 Spring)
WATER PIECE
Steal a moon on the water with a bucket. Keep stealing until no moon is seen on the water.
(1964 Spring)
DAWN PIECE
Take the first word that comes across your mind. Repeat the word until dawn.
(1964 Winter)
CONCERT PIECE
When the curtain rises, go hide and wait until everybody leaves you. Come out and play.
(1963 Autumn)
HIDE-AND-SEEK PIECE
Hide until everybody goes home. Hide until everybody forgets about you. Hide until everybody dies.
(1964 Spring)
CITY PIECE
Walk all over the city with an empty baby carriage.
(1961 Winter)
STONE PIECE
Find a stone that is your size or weight. Crack it until it becomes a fine powder. Dispose of it in the river. (a) Send small amounts of it to your friends. (b) Do not tell anybody what you did. Do not explain about the powder to the friends to whom you send it.
(1963 Winter)
WALL PIECE I
Sleep two walls away from each other. Whisper to each other.
(1963 Autumn)
PAINTING FOR THE WIND
Cut a hole in a bag filled with seeds of any kind and place the bag where there is wind.
(1961 Summer)
SHADOW PIECE
Put your shadows together until they become one.
(1963)
PAINTING TO HAMMER A NAIL
Hammer a nail in the center of a piece of glass. Send each fragment to an arbitrary address.
(1962 Spring)
BLOOD PIECE
Use your blood to paint. Keep painting until you faint. (a) Keep painting until you die. (b)
(1960 Spring)
SLEEPING PIECE I
Write all the things you want to do. Ask others to do them, and sleep until they finish doing them. Sleep as long as you can.
(1960 Winter)
SLEEPING PIECE II
Write all the things you intend to do. Show that to somebody. Let him sleep for you until you finish doing them. Do for as long as you can.
(1960 Winter)
PAINTING TO BE CONSTRUCTED IN YOUR HEAD
Observe three paintings carefully. Mix them well in your head.
(1962 Spring)
LIGHTING PIECE
Light a match and wait til it goes out.
(1955 Autumn)
CENTRAL PARK POND PIECE
Go to the middle of the Central Park Pond and drop all your jewelry.
(1956 Autumn)
PEA PIECE
Carry a bag of peas. Leave a pea wherever you go.
(1960 Winter)
ANNOUNCEMENT PIECE I
Give death announcements each time you move instead of giving announcements of the change of address. Send the same when you die.
(1962 Summer)
ANNOUNCEMENT PIECE II
Give a moving announcement each time you die.
(1963 Summer)
MAP PIECE
Draw a map to get lost.
(1964 Spring)
CONVERSATION PIECE (OR CRUTCH PIECE)
Bandage any part of your body. If people ask about it, make a story and tell. If people do not ask about it, draw their attention to it and tell. If people forget about it, remind them of it and keep telling. Do not talk about anything else.
(1962 Summer)
PENCIL LEAD PIECE
Imagine your head filled with pencil leads. Imagine one of them broken. Show a pencil lead to your friend and tell him that it came out of your head.
(1962 Summer)
SUN PIECE
Watch the sun until it becomes square.
(1962 Winter)
WALK PIECE
Stir inside of your brains with a penis until things are mixed well. Take a walk.
(1961 Winter)
LAUNDRY PIECE
In entertaining your guests, bring out your dirty laundry of the day and explain to them about each item. How and when it became dirty and why, etc.
(1963 Summer)
CLOCK PIECE
Make all the clocks in the world fast by two seconds without letting anyone know about it.
(1963 Autumn)
CLOCK PIECE
Steal all the clocks and watches in the world. Destroy them.
(1963 Summer)
THROWING PIECE
Throw a stone into the sky high enough so it will not come back.
(1964 Spring)
SMOKE PIECE
Smoke everything you can, including your pubic hair.
(1964 Spring)
PLANE PIECE
Hire a plane. Invite everybody. Ask them to write a will to you before boarding.
(1964 Spring)
WEARING-OUT MACHINE
Ask a man to wear out various things before you use them, such as: Women Clothes Books Apartments Pianos Typewriters
(1964 Spring)
CONVERSATION PIECE
Talk about the death of an imaginary person. If somebody is interested, bring out a black framed photograph of the deceased and show. If friends invite you, excuse yourself by explaining about the death of the person.
(1963 Summer)
ANIMAL PIECE
Take one mannerism from one kind of animal and make it yours for one week. Take another mannerism from another kind of animal and make it yours without dropping the previously acquired mannerism. Go on increasing mannerisms by taking them from different kinds of animals.
(1963 Summer)
PAPER FOLDING PIECE
Fold certain