Thinking of fine chocolates again, I'm reminded how beautiful they look on their shining silver trays in a glossy display case. And how disappointed I was, one time, to watch a clerk replenish the display with fresh candies from ... ugly cardboard stock boxes!!Let's go the other way.
Compare the people and the work at this fish intake point in a restaurant kitchen -- the clothing, the speech, the sounds and smells, the equipment -- with the waiter who places a $24 plate of hazelnut-crusted trout on the white tablecloth in front of a customer in the dining room.
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If you have the chance, check out this book:
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I have it, so come for coffee sometime!
Sweet! (the coffee invit)
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Which prompted a riff on the Japanese theme (credited to Barbara Bloom, American artist):
When the Japanese mend broken objects, they aggrandize the damage by filling the cracks with gold, because they believe that when something's suffered damage and has a history, it becomes more beautiful.