I reached down to the floor

Were the sunflower seeds edible? I was about to touch one , when the guard rushed over and said, "Eh, Do not touch, eat or spit out the art. Back off Missus."

He must have had some Israelis visiting the gallery. They are big eaters of sunflower seeds and drop the shells everywhere.

"These sunflower seeds are individually carved in precious materials by individually oppressed folk from China. As a group they represented the united downtrodden people of China. This art is made by The 99%. This Sunflower Seed piece makes a very important political statement . Didn't you read the one page description sheet?"