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Proposal: Quiet morsels: a meal meditation

Proposed by Ava Grayson
Completed!

1 meeting took place:
Quiet morsels: a meal meditation
already happened: 29 Mar 2017 17:30 — 19:30

Temporary is closing on 1 September 2017. No further experiments will be scheduled, though you can still pledge Temps as supported experiments may form a starting programme for the post-Temporary project.

Description:

Eating is a necessity, and therefore often becomes mechanical. Often the thoughts we give to it are about convenience or nutrition.

What if we slowed down our eating substantially, paying attention to not only each sensation, but also imaging the path that each ingredient has taken to reach our plates and mouths? What if we treated a meal as something very serious, private, and special, even just once?

Each participant arrives to a quiet atmosphere. Everyone brings a modest portion of a food (or beverage) they would like to explore. This will be divided into small portions for everyone to share. We spend some time preparing or plating what we bring. We organise our individual plate and sit down to share a silent meal together, focussing as intently as we can on the food in front of us and eating as slowly as we can.

***Allergies and food restrictions need to be taken into consideration, so please write the list of ingredients that can be left with the items you bring. Nothing puts a damper on a nice meal like sending someone into anaphylactic shock or accidentally making someone un-vegan. Thanks!

Goals:

- to see what happens when we don't gobble down our food (selfish reasons for experimenting)

- to experience the social changes that come from sharing a meal in obligatory silence

- to possibly gain a new depth in the way we taste and think about our food

- to have new food adventures

Timeframe:

29.03.2017, from 17:30-19:30

How often will this happend?:
Happens only once
Intended participants:

anyone with a mouth, brain, and stomach wanting to join

Discussion:

This experiment proposal has comments.
Ava Grayson pledged in support of this proposal!
March 01, 2017 23:44
Ava Grayson has pledged 15Ŧ to this proposal.

Pledge spent at 2017-03-08 11:06:03 +0000

Justin Tyler Tate pledged in support of this proposal!
March 02, 2017 07:43
Justin Tyler Tate has pledged 15Ŧ to this proposal.

Pledge spent at 2017-03-08 11:06:04 +0000

Katarina Meister (Kata_Meister) pledged in support of this proposal!
March 02, 2017 21:24
Kata_Meister has pledged 40Ŧ to this proposal.

Pledge spent at 2017-03-08 11:06:04 +0000

Katarina Meister (Kata_Meister) says....
March 04, 2017 15:27

I am for food adventures! I might be away on the 15. 03 though, but would love to join a session later on (if there is a follow-up)

Ava Grayson says....
March 06, 2017 14:32

Henna_Bauhaus (Kata_Meister)

I realised that week is swamped for me...let's move it to 29.03?

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