Theodore Kim
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Music 116
Dr. Patrick Boyle
December 9, 2020

Optional Blog Prompt D for Choice Cuts

Compose 7 of your own Yoko Ono-inspired instructional compositions/pieces/drawings, echoing the brevity of the original Ono pieces. Then “perform” at least two of them and briefly write about that experience.

PAINTING OF ‘AW HELL NAW’

Give a tip to a busker. Then, ask them for
a refund. If they refuse, take your tip back
by force. If they try to stop you, take the whole
jar/hat/instrument case and run.

MALEVOLENCE PIECE

Fold someone else’s laundry, but turn everything
inside out. Giggle with malevolent glee!

PAINTING OF DEMISE

Stand on your bed and pretend to get shot.
Try to get up and pretend to get shot again.
Pretend that your attacker puts two more in
your stomach for good measure.

PERSPECTIVE PIECE

Look up at the night sky and contemplate
the universe. Take a deep breath.

PAINTING FOR PLAIN STUPIDITY 

Play chicken with an oncoming car moving
at high speeds. Win.

POPULAR PIECE

Pop as many parts of your body as you can
simultaneously and repeatedly. 

YOLO PIECE

Eat McDonalds in a Walmart parking lot
at 4:00AM. Get kicked out by a security officer.
Find a playground and play on the swings.

My performance of PAINTING FOR PLAIN STUPIDITY was extremely successful. I may have caused a manned vehicle to veer off the road and plow into a tree, but I won. Theo ‘1,’ Family Minivan ‘0.’

During my performance of PAINTING OF DEMISE, I was dramatically downed by the first bullet. I clutched my wound and attempted to reach for my imaginary weapon, but caught the second bullet too soon. My attacker buried two more into me before I burst into laughter. The performance was certainly a refreshing change of pace from the usual hustle and bustle of life.