I suffer from an addictive personality. I have severe problems saying no to things, or more things, like sweets. And I tend to eat really fast, so that just compounds the problem. I am like a dog, if you leave a big of dog food out they will eat until they explode.
This thought was on my mind as I was going out to pick up the ingredients for a dessert I was making for my coworker's birthday. Because of my inability to stop eating sweet or great tasting food, I sometimes have to deny myself even one taste of them.
This got me thinking about enjoyment and creation. I like to make these desserts, but I can't sit down like everyone else and have a big helping of it. As I thought more on this, a question rose in my mind: What would I choose, to be able to create but not enjoy, or enjoy but not create?
Would I rather be able to cook wonderful meals but never be able to eat them? Or would I rather eat a 5 star meal and taste how wonderful it is, and how it can change my perspective, but know that I am incapable of making something so wonderful?
Luckily, I don't think life is black and white like this, but if you had to choose, Create but not Enjoy, or Enjoy but not Create, which way would you go?
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CREATE! BITCH!
@Justin - This question is blowing my mind for two reasons 1) I had an incredible dinner the other night in Old Towne where I left the restaurant with a goofy smile on my face, 2) and I'm getting ready to cook a slightly complex meal for my family on Christmas. I really enjoy both. The immediate question that came to mind was; if I'm going to create, I'll need to sample my creation as I cook, right? Regardless of the answer, I'm going with Create Not Enjoy.
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