Now let’s take the ‘ap’ from другар, and we get друг, meaning other

in the fermentation world, the other and mother are dominant figures. bacteria coming together to form ‘mothers’

the mother of vinegar is the conglomeration of microorganisms which form in the making of vinegar, acid lovers

scoby, the term for the mother which forms in kombucha liquid

is this my mother, a mother of others?

my mother tongue, bulgarian

food must be swallowed in order for the tongue to be freed, for language to be vocalized.

the mother figure is generally a private relationship, yet fermentation practices are much as they are meant for domestication are also meant for sharing

is private ownership a dead end? is public the only option for collective ownership?

the bulgarian word for private literally means a piece of a whole

private property can be fragmented into a shared whole, just as bacteria break down solid structures and transform them in the fermentation process

to ferment also means to agitate, as in rising up

agitprop was russian way of spreading state propaganda

fermentprop can be a method of disseminating urgent information

in a post-industrial time, with half a century of extremely toxic production, we are still faced with waste which cannot be metabolized

fungi around the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant are hungry for radioactive waste sunflowers regenerating the soils around fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant meal worms will feast on styrofoam and red wiggler worms composting organic material to enhance soil