on the first day of our first personal projects, I sat down in front of the class at the end of the performance period and set to work on the Soda cans that I had asked the class to empty earlier through means of drinking. I engaged them in my performance openly from the start, stating that i needed empty cans, and so they did help me. And what I did with them was simple, I wrapped my lips about the lip of the first can and inhaled, Crushing the can in but a moment. there were gasps, and chuckles, and I continued, Crushing each can in succession, playing with pacing and repetition. I lined cans up and crushed them rapidly, I crushed a can facing left, a can facing right, and many more jut looking forward at my audience. My work garnered a Specific reaction from my Audience that struck my fancy: Surprise. There was surprise at the simple fact that what I just did was possible, There was surprise at the repetition of my action, the speed of it, and the sound...