Don't Say It
Montreal, August 2003

Is there a word in the english language that describes as much, is used in so many different situations? Say it when you're angry, happy, impressed, horny, excited, confrontational, content, disgusted, frightened, in pain ... Fuck can be verb, noun, adjective, adverb, conjunction, or interjection.

Unfortunately, Fuck is a dying word. This probably started when the rules and morals governing its usage were relaxed, increasing the word's inclusion in normal speach. Now Fuck is used so much by so many people - movies, books, television - that its losing its mystique, its subversiveness, its uniqueness. My neighbour says it watering his flowers, my boss says it reading the paper, my friends say it when they're discussing their day. Like the wall in this picture, the word is everywhere. Raise the supply of anything, and it loses value. With Fuck on the decline, what will be the next big word?

I rarely say it out loud, so I drew it 130 times just to release tension.