Step right up to “Two Ounces of Word Salad Please”—a whimsical, tongue-in-cheek sculpture utilizing an authentic commercial scale and weighing in, exactly two ounces of pure, laser-cut Debriti text. Imagine a jumble of letters—Helvetica, Futura, Avenir—swirling together in a salad bowl of fonts, served not for consumption but as a feast for the mind.

This piece made its grand entrance as part of the Debriti Show, a traveling apothecary of letters, words, poetry, and communal creativity. The spark for Debriti ignited when California legalized marijuana, unleashing a new wave of pot shops across the state. But why, thought jonmarc, should mind-altering substances have all the fun? Surely, words have even more power to influence, inspire, and alter perceptions. So, the idea was born: a pop-up shop for typefaces, a place to scoop up letters, chat with poets, and typeset your very own worldview.

“Two Ounces of Word Salad Please” also pokes fun at the cacophony of social media, where people toss words around in wild abundance without attention to the power they have.  This sculpture, and the Debriti Show more broadly, sparked a wave of word-based artworks, performances, and interactive experiences for JMe, all celebrating the fundamental magic of letters and language.

*defined sculptures are specific found objects chosen after other similar objects have been considered and rejected.