Live Virtual Group Session: 6PM EDT March 18th 2024

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For this session we took a close look at “Fruta Fina, Fruta Estraña (Lee Monument) (2022)” by Firelei Báez, posted below.

Our prompt was: “Write about tasting a strange fruit.”

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Fruta Fina, Fruta Estraña (Lee Monument) (2022) by Firelei Báez

Credit: © Firelei Báez 2022. Image courtesy the artist and James Cohan, New York. Photos: Jackie Furtado

5 thoughts on “Live Virtual Group Session: 6PM EDT March 18th 2024”

  1. michele348's avatar michele348

    About tasting a strange fruit~~~

    This dark red cherry-like fruit seems appetizing,
    so why not give it a try?
    I gingerly place it on my tongue and begin to chew.

    It is oddly acidic; I didn’t expect that.
    The more I chew, the more unbearably bitter it becomes.
    I enjoy a good sour taste, but this odd fruit
    is something else entirely.
    Its juices are so astringent,
    it immediately dries out the tissues in my mouth.

    It is very difficult to chew,
    as if bones or stones are hiding inside.
    Very deceiving, this strange fruit!

    Now, do I attempt to swallow this confusing mess or
    do I politely spit it out in the trash can?

    It is a paradox of reality in today’s world…
    where sweet, sounding words
    underlie the cruelties that exist…
    hunger, killing, persecution…
    pushing the world to its edge.

    I decided to spit the fruit out,
    but I cannot get rid of the “bitter taste”
    in my heart
    from what mankind does to each other.

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  2. Elizabeth's avatar Elizabeth

    I didn’t expect it to taste like that.

    It was so creepy ugly on the outside,

    Its smell was putrid,

    Yet it was colorfully enticing.

    I couldn’t help myself,

    I was mesmerized by it.

    It spoke to my adventurous side.

    It was like I I saw an image

    of an invisible sign from Alice in Wonderland

    saying “eat me.”

    And so I did.

    So now you must want to know how it tasted.

    All I can say is,

    ummm,

    well,

    oh,

    It’s indescribable.

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