Part 4

The last battle.
Are you familiar with Magic Shell? Just incase, Magic Shell was cheap liquid chocolate that when poured on frozen substances
would become hard. Once when I was over, I think it was Duncan's house sometime towards the end of highschool, we got really high. Plenty of Magic Shell but nothing frozen to put it on.... except frozen peas. Do you see how this whole story of vegetables is coming full circle? The moment I spooned that chocolate covered hunk of peas in to my mouth I knew I was committing some form of sacrilege. It was wrong. Wrong like mixing oil and water, wrong like feeding your little sister doggy treats (sorry sis), wrong like licking a 9volt battery. I just didn't understand what exactly I was trying to do.
Fast forward to college. After years of too much coffee, pastries and cigarettes my body started to go on strike, the beginning of warning signs. I began to reflect on something profound I learned when I was 14 years old. Something my english/gym teacher told me: balance will be the most important and most difficult virtue to attain. He was right and still is.
These days I enjoy simple foods including vegetables. In fact, if I don't have a version of vegetable once a day I get all weird.
For all the amends I've made with veggies, string beans are one of my favorites.
Brussel sprouts however remain my arch enemy... cue in the sinister music... fade to green.


*check back soon. next is a mini Ben Shahn retrospective, plus some bonus images.