What was writing like before cutting/pasting? Multiple versions. No online journals; visual poems were fewer and hand-crafted. No hypertext -- http://www.hesscollection.com/art/maler.html
Which brings us to the equipment of cooking. Wood spoon, spatula, peeler, knife. Blender or food processor. Gas or electric one. Seesaw of meditation and ease/speed. Every decision influences & informs the outcome.
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ReplyDeleteI remember my summers in Worthington, Massachusetts. The way the kitchen floor slanted in her large, run-down kitchen. We were free to peel the layers of wallpaper in the bathroom. Large black and white patterns of flowers, with talcum powder and dried toothpaste around the sink. The old bathtub with painted claws. The workshop with cans of old boxes, coffee cans, rusty nails and brass lamp bases. Corners stacked with shiny black coal. The smell of logs burning. The forms of my grandparents against the endless snow and ice, the white of their hair blending with the ashen sky.