War and Water , 2021 Digital book, https://online.flippingbook.com/view/97166248/
Portrait of My Water Bill , 2021 Video, 13:40, https://youtu.be/K8D3FqucSzU
This book contains a list of the approximately one thousand official U.S. presidential speeches from 1980 to 2020. I counted the number of times the words war and water were used in the transcripts of speeches by Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump. Each president’s counts were summarized and a ratio was calculated. For example, Reagan used the word war fifteen times more than the word water, Obama fourteen times more, Bush sixteen, and Trump four.
I have frequently read my water bill, looking for even slight evidence of clarity and honesty by the water provider. When I tested my tap water, it had fifty times more lead than the allowable level, and nothing was said about this in my bill. As I look at it, it seems more and more like an abstract painting.
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