Last summer, I was unemployed and it was a very alienating experience. I became disproportionately resentful toward restaurant solicitation in the form of menus slipped under my door and handed to me on the street. The more angry I became, the more guilty I felt about shaming the people distributing menus. I wanted to be happy for anyone working, so I began to transform my experience by gratefully collecting solicited items.
I started thinking about my process of acceptance and the following instruction set came to me:
1. Continue to collect menus.
2. Accept menu drop-offs from participants.
3. Meditate on slogans loosely describing the interaction between solicitor and solicited.
4. Ask solicitors what they would truthfully like to say to passersby.
5. Cut slogans into the menus and distribute on the street.
6. Invite passersby to help distribute.I will continue to work through my experience and post updates.
