Magical Cheesecake

Graham crackers. the base of a good cheesecake. as with all things made with our hands, there are levels of artistry involved in this base ingredient for a good cheesecake crust. In consideration of expediency and time, the task of mulching the graham cracker into a powder to be mixed in with softened but not melted butter has largely been relegated to the food processor, churning the crumbles with blades. to get an even finer granularity though, nothing quite beats the crushing of a motar and pestle, or even the delicate pressure of fingers squeezed together.

Time. a fine product, smooth of wrinkles, exquisite in taste, a sculpture, an inspiration, an enlightenment, and showing a distinctive level of skill and artistry requires time. yes, mastery of skills can cut down the time. ask anyone who has achieved that sort of level of mastery. one common theme lays rest as the basic foundation to all works of artistry. time invested.

Appreciation. many are content with the lesser quality of a product that does not have such a level of artistic creation. each person is entitled to their preference, me to mine. i wonder how much you can appreciate such artistry without understanding the time put into a creation. and what to do with when a creation is not fully appreciated?

Magic. there rarely will be anyone who can understand or appreciate that level of artistry. how can one really understand when they had not taken the road less traveled on? understanding all the time that went into how something or someone became to be requires some self-inflection as well. when this self-inflection mirrors another's artistry, something magical occurs.