The Art Of Eating - Tumblr Posts

It took some time, after finishing the "One Straw Revolution" (by. Masanobu Fukuoka) to find his food mandalas. His "do nothing" philosophy is very appealing in a lot of ways. He sought harmony with nature in his daily away from capitalism, and I believe he lived his teachings till the end of his days. Although, I currently don't own land for farming. I want to apply his teachings: mindfulness, and being keen to listen to silence. Sometimes doing nothing and allowing nature to balance itself.

I may read this book again as I continue to grow.

Michael Pollan Quote

From “This is Your Mind on Plants” (2021)

Would people have ever discovered coffee or tea, let alone continued to drink them for hundreds of years, if not for caffeine?  There are countless other seeds and leaves that can be steeped in hot water to make a beverage, and some number of them surely taste better than coffee or tea, but where are the shrines to those plants in our homes and offices and shops?  Let’s face it: The rococo structures of meaning we’ve erected atop those psychoactive molecules are just culture’s way of dressing up our desire to change consciousness in the finery of metaphor and association.  Indeed, what really commends these beverages to us is their association not with wood smoke or stone fruit or biscuits, but with the experience of well-being—of euphoria—they reliably give us.