Object Record / FI-EPH-141
How to Be a Passionate Lover
digital / JPEG, 1242×1399 / comic / origin unverified / accessioned / catalogued curio
Primary evidence
The object before the record.
Narrative record
Evidence, relevance, and unresolved state.
Provenance
Custody record
Logged 2026-09-26 / quantity 1 digital image. 1 source asset reference registered.
Identification notes
What is known
Found image supplied for The Shadow Zone: a screenshot of an Instagram post from the account "calkearns," a four-panel absurdist advice comic headed "how to be a passionate lover:". The tips are "roleplay as Hollywood's sexiest films" ("we bought a zoo"), "cover your body with so many hot dogs to keep your lover guessing," "remind your lover to live in the moment" ("when we die we die alone"), and "play rock, paper, scissors with the little arm that lives in your lover's bum" ("let it win"). Two panels show stylized nude figures from behind. Maker, origin, and date are not recorded. The exif scrub reported no location metadata to strip.
Restoration relevance
Why it remains connected
accessioned / catalogued curio. Disposition: archive. The object remains associated with The Shadow Zone.
Uncertainty notes
What remains unresolved
digital / JPEG, 1242×1399 / comic / origin unverified. accessioned / catalogued curio. Terms marked unknown, provisional, pending, or unverified remain part of the record until evidence resolves them.
Relationships
Keep the object connected.
Related objects
Parent system
The Shadow Zone
A holding zone for surreal found media and uncanny artifacts that surface around the archive — images with no clear origin, kept as evidence of the culture that accretes on forgotten machines.
Associated dossier / FI-PROJ-010 / open
Field logs / dossiers
Archive routes
Source Assets / 1 reference
Raw archive paths are retained for provenance and maintenance. They are not the primary object presentation.
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assets/ephemera/shadow-zone/fi-eph-141-how-to-be-passionate-lover.jpegOpen local asset