Bless Your Heart · Stop No. 14
Aztec
“Even Artichokes Have Hearts”
- Era
- Pre-Columbian ritual calendar, harvest entry
- Provenance
- A bayou that has clearly seen things, temple adjacent
- Medium
- Woodcut on black in cream and ember orange, heart at center
- Edition
- One per vegetable, extracted with ceremony
An artichoke is opened to reveal an anatomically committed heart, observed by a plantation house, a chapel, an alligator, and a skull, none of which intervene. The composition relocates Mesoamerican ritual to a Southern swamp with no explanation offered. The sentiment is technically comforting.
Banner text order garbled in printing — reads 'AZTEC EVEN / ARTICHOKES' across the top scroll where 'AZTEC / EVEN ARTICHOKES' was intended. Held for study.
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