Trudy:

Next to my trances they love goin' through my shopping bags.
Once they found this old box of Cream of Wheat. I told 'em, "A
box of cereal." But they saw it as a picture of infinity. You know
how on the front is a picture of that guy holding up a box of
Cream of Wheat
and on that box is a picture of that guy holding up a box of
Cream of Wheat
and on that box is a picture of that guy holding up a box of
Cream of Wheat
and on that box is a picture of that guy holding up a box of
Cream of Wheat...

We think so different.

They find it hard to grasp some things that come easy to us,
because they simple don't have our frame of reference.
I show 'em this can of Campbell's tomato soup.
I say,
"This is soup."
Then I show 'em a picture of Andy Warhol's painting
of a can of Campbell's tomato soup.
I say,
"This is art."

"This is soup."

"And this is art."

Then I shuffle the two behind my back.

Now what is this?

No,
this is soup
and this is art!

Cream of Wheat
soup
soup

Cream of Wheat, soup, soup
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