Grapefruit

Yoko Ono
1933 -

Grapefruit: A Book of Instructions and Drawings by Yoko Ono

(a collection of instruction pieces from 1961-1964)

We read through this yesterday and loved so many of them!!! But these are the ones that the children feel are most doable in the school environment:

TAPE PIECE I

Stone Piece

Take the sound of the stone aging.

TAPE PIECE II

Room Piece

Take the sound of the room breathing.

1) at dawn
2) in the morning
3) in the afternoon
4) in the evening
5) before dawn

Bottle the smell of the room of that particular hour as well.

TAPE PIECE III

Snow Piece

Take a tape of the sound of the snow falling.
This should be done in the evening.
Do not listen to the tape.
Cut it and use it as strings to tie gifts with.

TAPE PIECE IV

Moving Piece

Take a tape of the sound of the stars moving.
Do not listen to the tape.
Cut it and give it out to the people on the street.
Or you may sell it for a moderate price.

COLLECTING PIECE

Collect sounds in your mind that you have overheard through the week. Repeat them in your mind in different orders one afternoon.

BEAT PIECE

Listen to a heart beat.

SNOW PIECE

Think that snow is falling.
Think that snow is falling everywhere all the time.
When you talk with a person, think that snow is falling between you and on the person.
Stop conversing when you think the person is covered by snow.

PAINTING FOR THE WIND

Cut a hole in a bag filled with seeds of any kind and place the bag where there is wind.

SHADOW PIECE

Put your shadows together until they become one.

PAINTING TO SHAKE HANDS
(painting for cowards)

Drill a hole in a canvas and put your hand out from behind.
Receive your guests in that position.
Shake hands and converse with hands.

PAINTING TO BE CONSTRUCTED IN YOUR HEAD

Observe three paintings carefully.
Mix them well in your head.

PEA PIECE

Carry a bag of peas.
Leave a pea wherever you go.

CONVERSATION 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.

CLOUD PIECE

Imagine the clouds dripping.
Dig a hole in your garden to put them in.

LAUNDRY PIECE

In entertaining your guests, bring out your laundry of the day and explain to them about each item. How and when it became dirty and why, etc.

MASK PIECE

Wear a blank mask.
Ask people to put in wrinkles, dimples, eyes, mouth, etc. as you go.

NAME PIECE

Change your name by the period of your age.
By the year.
By the day.
By occasions.
By the color of your dress.

NUMBER PIECE I

Count all the words in the book instead of reading them.

NUMBER PIECE II

Replace nouns in the book with numbers and read.
Replace adjectives in the book with numbers and read.
Replace all the words in the book with numbers and read.

DOOR PIECE

Make a tiny door to get in and out so that you have to bend and squeeze each time you get in... this will make you aware of your size and about getting in and out.

WATCH

Draw a large circle in the sky.
Let us know the diameter of the circle (guess), direction and the color of the sky you were watching and the duration of your watching experience.

COUNT

Count the clouds.
Name them.

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