Open Your Eyes by Alexandra Stoddard

Author:Alexandra Stoddard
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2013-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

Art is not handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced.

LEO TOLSTOY

When you look at a thick-skinned orange, can visualize how the skin looks on the inside? Examine the texture of the skin. Slice the orange in half horizontally. Study the internal pattern of the fruit. Slice a section one quarter inch thick. Hold it up to the light. What do you see that is different? How does the color change? Do this with a lemon and lime.

Take another orange and peel it with your fingers. This time, rather than slicing it open, pull apart the wedges. How many are there? Now, take a sharp paring knife and peel the fine skin off an orange section. Hold it up to the light. How different does it look? How does the color change?

Slice a tomato in half horizontally. Look at both halves’ interiors. Turn one upside down. Examine the shape. When you make a salad with tomatoes, do you prefer wedges, slices, or diced pieces? When you slice open a lemon for tea, do you slice a wedge or a round?

Peel one half of the tomato. What is the difference in texture and color? Slice the peeled tomato half in one-quarter-inch-round slices. Now, make wedges out of the other half. Put them together on a white plate. What shapes appeal to you? Hold up one slice to the light and examine the design, the seeds, and the color. Look at a whole tomato. You’re now better able to envision the inside when you see the outside. People can cut up tomatoes mindlessly or they can anticipate and then see the beauty of the pattern long before they enjoy the richness of the flavor. Seeing a tomato well adds to your appreciation of the taste. Visualize the tomato turning ripe and red on the vine in the sunlight.

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