I'm Sad as Much as Every Stray Kitten — Hossein Askari / Archive

Plate I / VI • Inception & Attrition Folio 01 • 8×8 in.

HELLO HOW WAS YOUR DAY I'M SAD AS MUCH AS EVERY STRAY KITTEN I WAS A KITTEN BUT STILL BOY I WENT TO THE GROCERY STORE TO GET MY LITTLE BREAKFAST AND I DIDN'T THINK I WOULD EVER BE ABLE TO GO HOME I DIDN'T THINK I WOULD EVER I DIDN'T THINK I WOULD I DIDN'T THINK I I DIDN'T I

H e l l o , h o w w a s y o u r

~~day~~ life life life

~~I am a person.~~ I was a kitten. ~~I am at home.~~ I am at the grocery store.

~~I had breakfast.~~ I went to get my little breakfast.

~~I came home.~~ ~~I came home.~~ ~~I came~~

Mother: You're not crying. I'm just feeling a little nervous.

(she is not looking at me)

(she has never looked at me)

I feel like I'm going to die. I have a job.

I don't know where I'm going, but I know I'm not feeling really good,

and I don't have the feeling of dying. ///\\\ ///\\\

I don't have the feeling of dying.

~~I don't have~~ the feeling of dying.

the feeling of dying

Dying

dying

dying dying

dying dying dying

dying dying dying dying dying

dying dying dying dying dying dying dying dying dying dying dying dying

dyingdyingdyingdyingdyingdyingdyingdyingdyingdyingdyingdyingdyingdyingdyingdyingdyingdyingdyingdyingdyingdyingdyingdyingdyingdyingdyingdyingdyingdyingdyingdyingdyingdyingdyingdyingdyingdyingdyingdyingdyingdyingdyingdyingdyingdyingdyingdyingdyingdyingdyingdyingdyingdyingdyingdyingdyingdyingdyingdying

[The dog smiles.]

KITTEN

Plate II / VI • The Coma Napkin & Sleep Cascade Folio 02 • 8×8 in.

The stray kitten had a different collar and a different collar.

It was a small kitten. It was a big boy who had a lot of no money.

~~It was a big boy who had money.~~

~~It was a boy.~~

~~It was.~~

My brother looked at me and said,
“You're really, really bad at this.
The first thing you do when you are in a coma
is put on a napkin.”

you cannot think in a coma.

and think.

D i d y o u f e e l c o m f o r t a b l e , k i t t e n ?

No, I felt good. I felt good. ...||... ...||... ...||...

But I couldn't eat and I couldn't sleep.

And so I had to eat.

And so I couldn't eat.

And so I couldn't sleep.

And so I couldn't

It was bad. It was bad. It was bad.

I was so worried. ~~It was fine.~~ It was bad.

GINA Gina: Gina: Gina: Gina: Gina: Gina:

(no one answered)

Plate III / VI • Textural Saturation Folio 03 • 8×8 in.

It was not the kind of sad that is sad.

It was kind of friendly and kind of gentle and kind and kind.

It was kind of:

kind of kind of kind of kind of kind of kind of kind of kind of
kind of kind of kind of kind of kind of kind of kind of kind of
kind of kind of kind of kind of kind of kind of kind of kind of
kind of kind of kind of kind of kind of kind of kind of kind of
kind of kind of kind of kind of kind of kind of kind of kind of
kind of kind of kind of kind of kind of kind of kind of kind of
kind of kind of kind of kind of kind of kind of kind of kind of
kind of kind of kind of kind of kind of kind of kind of kind.

And my dream is for:

a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a stray kitten.

[She smiles at him.]

(why is she smiling) (why is anyone smiling)

HOME

Plate IV / VI • Domestic Exclusion & 15 Propositions Folio 04 • 8×8 in.

We are not here for you.

We are here for you because we love you in our hearts.

You are a little sister. We are a little kitten in our hearts.

And we are here because you are a little brother to us,

and we love you.

~~and we love you.~~

~~and we love~~

~~and we~~

~~and~~

Here are the things you can do with your life:

1. Get married!
2. I'm sorry for some of my problems but I'm happy about them too!
3. You're a really good person and I'm happy about them too!
4. You're a really good person and I'm happy about them too!
5. You're a really good person and I'm happy about them too!
6. You're a really good person and I'm happy about them too!
7. You're a really good person and I'm happy about them too.
8. You're a really good person and I'm happy
9. You're a really good person and I'm
10. You're a really good person and
11. You're a really good person
12. You're a really good
13. You're a really
14. You're a
15. You're

Plate V / VI • Rotational Disorientation & The Job Folio 05 • 8×8 in.

I went to the grocery store to get my little breakfast and I didn't think I would ever be able to go home to go home to go home to go home to go home

~~I feel like I'm going to die. I have a job.~~

I feel like I'm going to die. I have a job.

I have a job.

nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing

I was a kitten,

nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing

but still boy.

nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing

I couldn't eat.

I couldn't sleep.

It was bad.

I was so worried.

It was bad.

Plate VI / VI • Matrix Expansion & Final Echo Folio 06 • 8×8 in.

S A D A S M U C H A S E V E R Y S T R A Y K I T T E N

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and I didn't think I would ever be able to go home

and I didn't think I would ever be able to go

and I didn't think I would ever be able to

and I didn't think I would ever be able

and I didn't think I would ever be

and I didn't think I would ever

and I didn't think I would

and I didn't think I

and I didn't think

and I didn't

and I

and

Hello, how was your day?

[The dog smiles.]