Jet Fuel Can’t Melt Steel Beams
Oil painting on canvas
Sjeli Pearse
2025
This original painting featuring a classic celebration cake iced with a familiar conspiracy coded phrase. Two candles symbolize the twin towers, while the seven cherries reference Building 7. The work reflects on collective trauma, early internet radicalization, and a moment many associated with losing trust in their government, lost innocence, and confrontation with morality.
Jet Fuel Can’t Melt Steel Beams
Oil painting on canvas
Sjeli Pearse
2025
This original painting featuring a classic celebration cake iced with a familiar conspiracy coded phrase. Two candles symbolize the twin towers, while the seven cherries reference Building 7. The work reflects on collective trauma, early internet radicalization, and a moment many associated with losing trust in their government, lost innocence, and confrontation with morality.
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