Colour My World With Hope

I am looking for the next way to progress as a cook.  I've come to some sort of wall.  I don't have cable or watch regular television.  I continue to comb the web for fun videos or great bloggers that post recipes but that seems like just scratching the surface on how to truly receive instruction.  My sisters who are amazing accomplished cooks live in other states and even though we do exchange some ideas, so far we've not created a way to rightly share specific how to's.  But I sincerely believe that inspiration comes to us in a plethora of ways.  I just have to remain open and listen.  Use all my senses and accept it in any and all unconventional ways that present themselves.  That is the general feeling I have for everything upcoming in life, that we'll need to understand new methods of bettering ourselves. We've entered a new realm.  Life is not just the daily grind. Its as if our eyesight has broadened to see far beyond our day to day mundane reality. 

I love Brooklyn for the creativity especially around Halloween.  There is a new street art by homeowners in the last years, not for the children but for adult consumption.  And it's a reminder to keep receptive to new concepts or philosophies that may influence my cooking or a meal.  Something as simple as the colors of the fall holiday for example inspire us to use pumpkin and sweet potatoes. Root vegetables come to mind after all the color is stripped from the trees.  The cold weather and winds provoke us to heat up the oven or make hearty stews or braise meats.  When its spooky outside, warm comforting, soft meals give us that embrace from the universe that even grown-ups desire.  

Art, especially that generated for no financial gain triggers all kinds of emotion in me. I recognize another bright soul out there without even meeting them.  Its like the perfect gift.  It sparks joy and a responsibility to take the baton and now pass it along to someone by trading your own invention.  And the positive cycle is allowed to continue.

It's not essential that every contribution be brilliant, as a matter of fact there is much  encouragement in some of the not so spectacular offerings.   Like this non-meat spaghetti sauce over Parmesan polenta.  

I think participation is the only price for admission to this delightful school for the engaged.