William A. Foster says
I believe that the very good creation of God, when taken in its proper light, can be fingers pointing us, His incarnate creatures, back to the creator, who made us creative in His image.
Alinea is a restaurant that sets the bar high, when it comes to looking intensely at the creation and then continuing the creative act.
I want to go there one (1) time in my life, with my wife. (A dream my pocket book and consciousness of the needs of the poor forced me to give up as soon as it formed.)
Does anyone want to donate $400? :)
Though the pictures you are about to look at are an exaggerated expression of what I am talking about (with corresponding price tag), I think that God, who gave us all things richly to enjoy wants us to join Him in creation, and enjoy Him in creativity.
"Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives" (1)Robert Farrar Capon (an Anglican) says
"For all its greatness, the created order cries out for further greatness still. The most splendid dinner, the most exquisite food, the most gratifying company, arouse more appetites than they satisfy. They do not slake man's thirst for being; they whet it beyond all bounds." (2)Denise Frame Harlan says, in response to that paragraph from Capon's truly marvelous book, "The Supper of the Lamb"
"I'd never known what to do with all the love in my heart for this beautiful, mess of a world. All this time, I'd been trying to temper and tame my passion for mountains and tea and road trips and cheesecake and people. I'd known God my whole life, had known Christ for a decade, and had focused on Jesus's suffering and sacrifice. I'd been afraid to love anything too much for fear that I'd disappoint God and prove myself too worldly, too attached to the everyday stuff of creation that would hinder my race toward heaven and the life hereafter. I'd been afraid, and I'd held my heart back. Suddenly it occured to me that this fear, this withholding, might be sin. Maybe I'd had everything all wrong." (3)Maybe she had.
I believe that the very good creation of God, when taken in its proper light, can be fingers pointing us, His incarnate creatures, back to the creator, who made us creative in His image.
Alinea is a restaurant that sets the bar high, when it comes to looking intensely at the creation and then continuing the creative act.
I want to go there one (1) time in my life, with my wife. (A dream my pocket book and consciousness of the needs of the poor forced me to give up as soon as it formed.)
Does anyone want to donate $400? :)
Though the pictures you are about to look at are an exaggerated expression of what I am talking about (with corresponding price tag), I think that God, who gave us all things richly to enjoy wants us to join Him in creation, and enjoy Him in creativity.
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| Caramel Popcorn |
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| Apple |
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| Blackberry |
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| Peanut |
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| Bean |
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| PB&J |
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| Chestnut |
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| Tomato |
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| Strawberry |
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| Venison |
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| Hot Potato-Cold Potato |
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| Sweet Potato |
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| Tomato |
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| Note that price at the bottom |
Citation:
(1) Foster, William A.
<http://thinkexist.com/quotation/quality_is_never_an_accident-it_is_always_the/226780.html>. Accessed 16 February 2011.
(2) Capon, Robert Farrar. The Supper of the Lamb. Smithmark, New York, NY. 1969.
(3) Harlan, Denise Frame. "And She Took Flour". From The Spirit of Food by Leslie Leyland Fields. Cascade Books, Eugene, Oregon.
(4) <http://www.alinearestaurant.com/>. Accessed 11 February 2011
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