FOOD ART PSYCHOLOGY

FOOD and ART...

A great combo for easing the mind.

For a full 10 minutes...nothing was on my mind...

except for creating this slightly meagre looking duck?

What did you think it was?

Careful...constructive criticism only please.

I admit...these swans do look amazing.

source: PrivateChefWorld.com


Anyhow...it doesn't really matter...does it?
I did amuse myself...and the real bonus...was my hubby's grin ;0)

Now...here's some FOOD for THOUGHT

Is FOOD meant for EATING?

Is FOOD meant to be a CONVERSATION piece?

Or...is FOOD for the well being of our MENTAL states?

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Strangely enough, it had already been a while that the

interest of food transformation into works of art intrigued me.

Planning to do an article on ' FOOD ART '

was not necessarily in the plans right away.

There were so many more things I wanted to voice first.

However, once more, to my surprise...everything changed.

I decided to step on the accelerator.

After all...I do want to do my small part in alleviating

all the so-called ' disturbed people ' in the world.

Disturbed people?

What does this have anything to do with Food Art?

Well, I was very recently sent one of those pesky chain letters...

declaring of all things...

' International disturbed People's day '

That in itself felt disturbing to me.

Why?...because it says to send the letter to 3 friends that you feel are disturbed.

Hmmm, is my friend trying to tell me something?

Is there something she sees that I don't?

The message in the letter states:

“ Don't take life so SERIOUSLY!‏ ”

"Alright...I agree.

Even though life throws us a few curve balls...

at the end, things DO usually work themselves out."

" Every sixty seconds that you spend
ANGRY,
" Not too pretty...it ages you! "

UPSET
" That one does creep up on me sometimes."




 


or...MAD,
" Guilty...at times "













is a full MINUTE
" Wow, that's fast! "







of HAPPINESS you'll never get back! "
" I whole heartedly agree!"

LIFE is SHORT, 
" Or...for some...it can appear very long."













BREAK the RULES,
"Depends which rules we're speaking of? "









FORGIVE quickly,
"Now this is a biggy in my book"











KISS slowly,
" I can manage that ;0) "









LOVE truly,
"...that's an easy one for me "









LAUGH uncontrolably,
"...sometimes...until my lungs and ribs hurt "









And never regret anything that made you SMILE.."
" How could I possibly disagree? "









...and lastly it says to:
"Please send an encouraging message to a disturbed friend".

I'll willingly and gratefully accept the ' Friend ' part...
however, the last part is what concerned me ;0(


Until that letter...I had never heard of this very DISTURBING DAY...had you?
I very curiously ‘googled’ the phrase to find out if there was actually such a day?
After 10 minutes of quick searching...
I soon realized that there was no such date of the day in question.
Here, again, was another chain letter concoction in the
universe of pesky chain-type messages.

If you discovered differently...please enlighten us.


However, in this particular letter...at the very least...
some smiles and chuckles did raise my spirits a little more.

And, heh, if food can alleviate mental strain
without ingesting the calories...
more power to our food!


Do you feel you may qualify to also get this letter?
Do you think another friend may benefit from this message?

I hopefully want to believe that my friend's true intention...

was to amuse me as opposed to sending me a disturbing message?!?

After all, she knows how much I love

both anything FOOD and ART related.

I knew that food played a huge role in a person's life...especially mine.
However, once I dove into the subject, this medium of artistic 'WOWness'...
has brought my perception of the uses of food to a whole new level.

source:CarvingInstitute.com

When I was younger, my parents hosted many dinner parties.

Along with our lovely table spread...
some of our own simplistic food art was displayed on platters.
Who knew then, what a little tool and water bath could create?


At first they all looked so unimpressive...
but then, some truly amazing amateur work resulted.
We were so impressed with ourselves.

source: HouseWaresLive.net

The only time we had a chance to see anything more elaborate
was on some major spread at a hotel or reception hall.

Now, regular artist wannabes have gotten into the action...
showing and telling about it to the world.


Thanks to the internet...we are amused at no end.

Then...there's the EXTRAORDINARY craftsmanship
from foods that you may not even recognize.

CarvingInstitute.com

The watermelon was pretty evident.
However...did you guess: pumpkin, taro and carrot for the lovely bird?
I sure could not have been further from the right response.
 
Don't you just love food?
It brings on a whole other way of thinking and
concentrating on things other than problems?!?
 
Oh, and let's not forget how it has put
some psychologists out of a few less patients.

I am sure that this will not be the last post on this subject.
This type of art is wayyy to fascinating to me.

I now am consoled...
that, IF ever, I feel mental anguish...

...thanks to good friends and
their pesky chain letters...
I no longer have to fear being disturbed.


I just have to look up FOOD ART...

and voila ... Happy Days.

Happy carvings and flavourful wishes,

Foodessa

Please Note:

Most of these IMAGES were randomly borrowed from many UNKNOWN and PROPERLY TRACEABLE food artists.  If you are the original artist...please notify me so that I can quickly and appropriately credit you concerning your fabulous work. Thank you.