Foods are for the Mouth, as Writings are for Mind
Posted on Tuesday, 17 November 2015
Foods
are for the Mouth
As
writings are for the Mind
By Apolinario Villalobos
The foods can look appetizing by how they
are presented, so are the writings that can be made attractive for reading by
their title and first few lines. The writings are the poems and essays, and
foods are appetizers, main dishes and desserts. While the print media, and today,
the internet are the venue to showcase writings, outlets such as dining places
and parties, are for the food.
Every country has its own specialties and
distinct recipes or styles in cooking. So are the different nationalities that
have their respective and distinct kind of literature, based on their culture.
Honesty in presentation, though how seem simple they may be discerned, are on
what the foods and writings are judged.
The intriguing simple dishes of a far away
Asian country can elicit curiosity and admiration due to their exotic taste,
just like the equally intriguing broken-lined poetry of young poets today.
Respect is what foods and writings should
be given. They should not be altered based on the whims of others. Those who
cannot take the taste of certain foods and intriguing literary style should
prepare their own dish or come up with their own poems or essays.
Invented gadgets, contraptions, and machines
can be altered and improved based on their progressing necessity. But dishes
should remain as originally concocted and can just be made as basis for new
ones by food enthusiasts. In the same manner that the different styles in
writing poems and essays should remain as they are written by the author and those
who have been inspired should come up with their own style of presenting the
idea.
Based on the above, nobody should be timid
in coming up with their own cookery, essay or poem. What they come up with,
unconsciously reflect their personality, such that, simple people may come up
with simple dishes and simply written poems, as well as, short essays. Those
with complex character, on the other hand, may come up with equally complicated
dishes due to various ingredients, as well as, poems and essays with difficult
to discern messages.
What I mean here is: everybody can cook and
write which are just two of the many expressions of life…our various reasons
for living. Most importantly, while the styles in preparing foods and presenting
ideas vary, their respective essence remains the same.
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