"My first meal in Atlanta was at a Wendy's (since demolished) and was an altogether forgettable experience except for watching a child compress the wrapping on a straw and the excitement she felt as the straw expanded with a drop of water.

Memory, identity and bi-culturalism; and the straws became a metaphor to represent my experience as an immigrant 20 years ago and a painful drawn out motion-symbolic of growth, rejuvenation and vitality.

Credit: Folke Rabe: What?? (Recorded 1970) - Dexter's Cigar