Grapefruit: A Book of Instructions and Drawings

A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.

Mirror becomes a razor when it's broken. A stick becomes a flute when it's loved.

Imagine the clouds dripping Dig a hole in your garden to put them in

Give death announcements each time you move instead of giving announcements of the change of address. Send the same when you die.

Think that snow is falling Think that snow is falling everywhere all the time When you talk with a person, think that snow is falling between you and on that person Stop conversing when you think the person is covered by snow

TIME PAINTING Make a painting in which the color comes out only under a certain light at a certain time of the day. Make it a very short time. 1961 summer

Listen to the sound of the earth turning.

Bandage any part of your body If people ask about it, make a story and tell If people do not ask about it, draw their attention to it and tell If people forget about it, remind them of it and keep telling. Do not talk about anything else

MIRROR PIECE Instead of obtaining a mirror, obtain a person. Look into him. Use different people. Old, young, fat, small, etc. 1964 spring

SWIM SWIM IN YOUR DREAM AS FAR AS YOU CAN UNTIL YOU FIND AN ISLAND. TELL US RESULTS. 12th day dreamtime

A cloud consists of the following substances: colour, music, smell, sleep and water. Sometimes it rains substances other than water, but very few people notice it.

CLOSET PIECE II Put one memory into one half of your head. Shut it off and forget it. Let the other half of the brain long for it. 1964 spring

PAINTING FOR THE BURIAL On the night of the full moon, place a canvas in the garden from 1 a.m. till dawn. When the canvas is dyed thoroughly in rose with the morning light, dismember or fold it and bury. The ways of burial: 1) Bury it in the garden and place a marker with a number on it. 2) Sell it to the rag man. 3) )Throw it in the garbage. 1961 summer

TAPE PIECE II Room Piece Take the sound of the room breathing. 1) at dawn 2) in the morning 3) in the afternoon 4) in the evening 5) before dawn Bottle the smell of the room of that particular hour as well 1963 autumn

watch go to the nearest fountain and watch the water dance afternoon 5th day

Dance Report in the old east there was a dance in which young girls at the age of 12 or 13 wore special intoxicating flowers inducing them to sleep while standing. the girls went on standing for hours while people watched and appreciated the delicate swaying of the bodies

Grapefruit is a hybrid of lemon and orange. Snow is a hybrid of wish and lament.

CENTRAL PARK POND PIECE Go to the middle of the Central Park Pond and drop all your jewelries. 1956 autumn

CONCERT PIECE When the curtain rises, go hide and wait until everybody leaves you. Come out and play. 1963 autumn

ECHO TELEPHONE PIECE Get a telephone that only echoes back your voice. Call every day and talk about many things. 1964 spring

Œuvre Promesse Promettez. Elle a été interprétée pour la première fois au Jeanette Cochrane Theatre, à Londres, en 1966. C'était la dernière œuvre de la soirée. Yoko Ono a cassé un vase sur la scène et a demandé aux spectateurs de ramasser les morceaux et de les emporter chez eux, promettant qu'il se réuniraient tous dans 10 ans, rapporteraient les morceaux et reconstitueraient le vase.