Friday Writings #205: Food as Ritual

 

According to the ancient wisdom of Google, “food as ritual means that the preparation, serving, and consumption of food are deliberate, symbolic acts that go beyond mere nutrition to express cultural values, build social bonds, and connect individuals to their heritage or beliefs.” Since I agree with the thought, and this weekend most people around my bit of the world are celebrating a holiday that involves a whole lot of cooking and eating and squabbling, I think that it makes total sense for today’s optional prompt to be “food as ritual”. 

photo by Artem Maltsev, on Unsplash

So, my dear poets and storytellers, write poetry or prose. Let your writings be old or new. If food as ritual doesn’t tempt your muse, delight on a topic that does. One post per participant, please. 369 words maximum, excluding title. When you’re ready, add the direct link to your response to Mister Linky. Then visit other writers and share your thoughts on their tasty words. 

next week, we’ll invite you to take inspiration from the title of songs in Florence and the Machine’s new album, Everybody Scream. Examples: “Sympathy Magic”, “Perfume and Milk”, “Buckle”, “Kraken”, “And Love”.

Friday Writings #204: The Most Expensive Garment

 

Hello, Word Artists and Admirers! I had been chatting with Magaly the other day about recent reads and interesting quotes. She told me about My Life as a Goddard Movie by Joanna Walsh. It's an essay about beauty, desire, and revolution inspired by the work of Swedish film maker Jean-Luc Godard. One particular quote seemed very ripe for exploration: 

“The most expensive garment you’ll ever own is your own flesh.”

So for this week's optional prompt, I ask you to take some inspiration in that quote. As always, prose and poetry are welcome, as is fiction and non-fiction. Just please be sure to keep your pieces to 369 words or fewer, and one post per person.

Next week, we’ll invite you to write about “food as ritual”.