Kinder Surprise’s Holy Trinity

What surprising, fascinating stuff can you tell us about the origin, drafting, and/or final version of “Kinder Surprise’s Holy Trinity”?

Ok JCCA, here you come, pressing me for more. So I hope this three-step trip makes you tick:

1-BRAINTEASE. I’ve come to remember my childhood state of mystification and obsession with the Kinder Surprise commercial when writing ‘Don’t Follow Gravity, it’s a Trap!’, an autobiographico-philosophico-pop essay (yet to be published!). I was looking for a compelling illustration for my claim that while reality is elusive, truth can be found…in contradictions. It also saved me from going into Leibniz’s ‘Monadology’, which was a sweet relief. #toying_with_ideas

2-EYECANDY. Another childhood obsession compelled me to enter the JCCA Triptych call for submission in the middle of a sleepless night: The Garden of Earthly Delights Triptych by Hieronymus Bosch. Discovering this painting, I also discovered the word triptych. For hours on end, I would trip soberly (ok, I admit I was high on sugar all the time back then, courtesy of my dealer Ferrero) on the tiny whimsical, decadent or sadistic creatures, trying to figure out my favorite one. Writing this, I’m wondering what it would be like looking at the painting on LSD. #eye_chocolate

3-BODYFUEL. Some of my favorite electronic music is made by a trio of Italian mind-fucking geniuses called Triptease (do check them out and thank me for the eargasms later : https://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/triptease/biography). Last summer, at a festival, as I got unbearably exhausted, drenched in sweat and famished from hours of non-stop compulsive dancing, one of them surprised me with some Kinder chocolate. His neon spandex leggings kept me from falling in love on the spot. #surprises #sore_eyes