Chocolate Orgasm

This is an original 8 x 8-inch analog collage. There is no use of digital imagery or Ai. All materials are hand-cut paper from various magazines, books, and decorative papers. Each collage is backed with heavy weight acid free paper or acid free backing board. Frames are NOT included.
 
There is a funny story behind this collage...
 
When I was 13 almost 14, I started high school. Our cafeteria had these chocolate mousse cookie cups in one of the vending machines. It had a layer of graham cracker crumbs, chocolate mousse, and a whipped topping sprinkled with mini chocolate chips or chocolate shavings. Everyone called them “chocolate orgasms” because they were so good. I lived a VERY sheltered and religious life at that time. Born and raised catholic with 12 years of catholic school; I was naive and protected.

I didn’t know what an orgasm was and I really never heard the word prior to the dessert cup. One night at dinner my parents asked me “How was school today?” I excitedly responded “I had a chocolate orgasm at lunch!! They are so good.” I think my parents choked on their food, my brothers stared at me, and I was mortified. I figured I had said something bad or not very smart. I imagined it was the word ‘orgasm.’ So I mumbled “Organism, I think the other kids call it a chocolate organism.” I blocked out the rest.

Later that night, when no one was around, I looked up ‘orgasm’ in the encyclopedia dictionary to see what it meant. I was so embarrassed. I think about this moment a lot.

Neither one of my brothers ever pulled me aside to explain what I had said. My parents never educated us on sex because “that’s the school’s job.” The school didn’t teach us sh*t, other than that the P goes in the V for babies only and if we had sex before marriage we would rot in hell for all eternity. Now here I am celebrating nudie magazine day!

Enjoy your chocolate!