In Colombia, there’s a common phrase people use when they’re angry: “¡me sacó la piedra!” (literally, “it made me pick up the stone”), referring to how, in a moment of anger, someone might grab a stone to throw it. I know, it’s a bit violent. This phrase came to mind because a lot of my motivation around my gender-related project stems from the anger I feel about injustice. It makes me angry that women have to adapt to fit in. Ultimately, it makes me want to pick up a stone.

With this in mind, I thought of creating a small intervention where people reflect on those situations that make them “pick up the stone,” and, in a literal sense — in a safe physical space — they can actually pick up a stone and break things with it. In the end, I would collect the debris and we would use it to create a mosaic.