Saturday, November 29, 2025
Time: 1:29 PM
Song: Broccoli
Artist: The Association
Mode of Consumption: Listening to the vinyl album “The Association” while working in the basement.
Link to song: https://open.spotify.com/track/4UKbeHiZoFfw9zWIbnW3Rc?si=106b842b4409422d
Last spring, we went to the Sterling Library when it was having a free activity night. The activity was an art project where the challenge was to create a picture by cutting strips of paper out of magazines and then rolling them in tight cylinders.
It was a simple process to try and create something that would ultimately feel complex and look good.
The allotted time didn’t allow Jodi or me finish our projects, so we brought them home, where they have spent the last six months or so occupying space in each of our areas. About a week ago, I finally worked some on mine, trying to figure out how to get it to a point of feeling complete.
Today, with the snow falling at about an inch an hour outside, I finished it.
My picture has what looks like three waves across the bottom. The top I’ve created a thick grouping of clouds. To finish it off, I cut strips of text from the magazine pages and glued them in diagonal, parallel lines, giving the appearance of rain.
My hope is that people read the random sentence fragments and wonder if there is some sort of hidden meaning. One article in the random magazine pages had a breakout with different dollar values like $14 billion and $421 billon. So, I put those between the waves, hopefully adding to the mystery of the piece.
That’s part of the fun of art, right? Guessing what the artist is trying to say.
I mean, is this song really just about broccoli?
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