What was the last thing you made? What materials did you use? Is there something you want to make, but you need to clear some time for it?<\/i><\/p>\n
In 2010, I made xmas photo<\/a>. In 2011, I made metaphorical things<\/a>\u00e2\u20ac\u201dthat were intentionally symbolic of relationships and history.<\/p>\n This year, the last thing I made was something for my ice cream project. In whole, this year, I have made a lot of ice cream<\/a>.<\/p>\n Because the process of ice cream making is so arduous and time-consuming, I let myself get lost in the process. It’s catharsis. The fact that I must pay attention to the heating up a cream mixture so that eggs don’t curdle (and they have curdled a lot in front fo me). Then the preparation of the focal ingredient (whether it’s tea leaves or fruit), it’s stress-relieving.<\/p>\n I must<\/i> pay attention when I am chopping. I must<\/i> attend to the level of simmering for all heated mixtures. I must<\/i> constantly test (and make sure that I don’t use the same spoons over and over again.<\/p>\n I adjust the recipes on the fly and I have to take note on my draft blog posts that I can note it in recipes.<\/p>\n All of this process takes me away from the mess of my room, the every day banality and calls of help emanating from my email.<\/p>\n I am making. I am making happiness, joy and rewards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What was the last thing you made? What materials did you use? Is there something you want to make, but you need to clear some time for it? In 2010, I made xmas photo. In 2011, I made metaphorical things\u00e2\u20ac\u201dthat … Continue reading