House of Victory

Stories and illustrations by Andrea Victory

A savoury jelly sits in a room decades after the party has ended. Sentient and alone, the aspic has much to consider.

Sentient Aspic left in a room since the 1960s

What is the point of this sentience if I am to only sit here alone? Contemplation, no doubt. What is the essence of being, if one is created but not seen? I can jiggle myself, a little. A delightful sensation. Is my purpose delight?

Is my purpose simple continuous contemplation? Is my purpose to find a place where I do not think and just exist - is that not a little bit like not existing at all?!

I can see that I reach beyond contemplation into the tepid waters of wonder. I wonder all the time. Wonder sparks my imagination, and there, in my imagination I envision things, create scenarios, evoke new feelings, such as fright, then, what if i were to be smashed?! Ah!

But then again, there is delight. What if there was music to jiggle to? I can imagine a beat, a little jazz.

There, here in this wondering, this imagining, this is where I feel the most peace and joy.
But - is this it? Is this the point?

I am only an aspic tasked with the questions of the greatest of aspics.

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