Visual Arts(¿a different perspective?)

Visual art .. like the photo(above) that I shot at the esplanade underpass… looking at something with a different perspective. That is how I feel food should be looked at, with a different perspective. To others, they see graffiti art. To me it is just how your able to capture that moment, just like in cooking. Capturing that perfect moment when things are cooked. Cook it too long it just tastes flat, rush through it it just tastes flat as well. I guess that is why we have proper recipes with timings and temperature. To assist you to capture the moment in cooking. However, sadly, most recipes are spurious. So I ask, why even bother releasing a recipe and not give the actual one? Trust me, go buy a cookbook from your favorite “celebrity chef”, pick a few recipes and do it to the letter and just see how many of them actually work. 98% chance of failure is ensured. But lets look at it from a different perspective, with proper training and a fair amount of skill, all you need to know is the ingredients and basic technicality of the dish and you would be able to cook something similar (I hope), and still have your flair in it.

As chefs, it is very important to be able to command your own style(flair). So when someone sees a dish from you, it reminds them of you. I was in a great discussion today regarding this topic (hence the result of me writing this post). A good cook can be guided and taught, but only a great one would be able to put his/her mark into it and as how the judges on American Idol might say – Make It Your Own.

So once a cook masters this, he creates something so special that when he/her dresses the plate,  he/her creates visual art. Inclusive in today’s discussion, some came to an agreement that some cooks have it and some don’t. Does it really take something more to be able to give things a different perspective? Or is it because too many cooks these days are more reliant on the false followings of “celebrity chefs” cookbooks. I admit there are some books from certain chefs that I really do admire and try my very best to use it but to have my own personality in it (trust me it really is difficult to even come up with a concept to follow like the previous post i did, almost a good 2 years … that is if your as OCD as I am) I guess the real main ideal here is to strive for that point, that point of self identity where simple everyday tasks to you would be visual art to others.

Hope I was able to turn on your creative juice button .. till the  keep thinking, keep creating and most important of all … keep eating ! Happy Fooding !!!