above: one of many letters I wrote to a pinata company - this one to Liliana Perez, the "Princess" of the Perez Pinata Factory
below (starting clockwise from top left): vitrine with a copy of the letter I wrote, my phone log that chronicles the many calls I placed to pinata factories around North America, folder and rejection letters ("failed transmissions"), the pinata sent to me by Liliana Perez with my letter stuffed inside.