Crystal 20/8/13

Coco 21/5/2013

Hi Cza (and beloved eavesdroppers). Greetings from Seoul.

Here's something I'm still working on in Korea... it's the beginning of a series. I've had a fistful of people in mind while making it, of which you were one.

This is about a variety of things I reckon?

I think the nature of our quest when we are hungry goes on to define our enjoyment of the snack. Also within us lies delicacies that few can fathom/stomach/or even taste. Perhaps individuals are the greatest example of an acquired flavor and it is this seething knowledge that drives both our anxieties and our desires. What I see in others/ what I want them to see in me etc.

Background: There is a lot of street-food and amazing kai here, I can't stress this enough. I hadn't had a plain old sandwich for 5 weeks and was outraged that I craved something so pedestrian when my palette is basically in a food brothel. But the day I made one, I laboured and meditated on it so hard that never a truer creation doth manifest. Also a really cute thing my Korean friends say to me up to three times a day is 'have you eaten?'. If you haven't they want to rectify that straight away. If you have, they want to know all about it and a food interview commences. I do not find this weird AT ALL. I would hold meaningful summits about meals all day if I could smdh.

You and I both know that snacks are magical and help us understand something else entirely if we pause the guzzle and acknowledge the power.

xx

Crystal 21/3/13

Coco 12/2/2013