I’ve been on a banana pancake kick and don’t foresee it ending anytime soon! It’s become a running joke; when I tell people I’m going home for dinner, the reply is ”banana pancakes!?”. Banana matcha sounds incroyable
PS I forgot to say how I love the Louisiana Channel video...... the artists speaking feel that energy of Soutine in his paintings, and I like how they express that so well in words. Listening and watching made me want to rush into my studio and start painting...... and then my inner naysayer came up. I envisaged what I'm currently working on in my studio and how hesitantly and non-energetically I'm approaching it. I'm doing a course and trying to learn something new, and that raises the challenge of my not pouring my energy forth in my usual way, but going slowly and trying to learn a different way. It feels very unenergetic.
I completely agree. And I relate to what you are saying, it's so hard to strike a balance between energetic inspiration and methodical work, especially when learning new techniques. Best of luck in the battle against the inner naysayer this week, I'm over here fighting that same battle so at least we aren't alone!
Very much enjoyed your "this and that" this week. I pondered banana everything, and felt that I wasn't strongly tempted to follow suit - except for the banana bread French toast. I do make French toast and have fried banana with it, which is rather delicious.
Chaim Soutine I've always liked, his carcasses and his houses, although I don't remember seeing any quite so quite so rhythmic as those which came up when I searched.
Clafoutis! Your Clafoutis Aux Abricots sounds fabulous. My sister in Tasmania has made cherry clafoutis annually, when the cherry trees in her orchard were giving of their best. I got to sample when I visited her and they were wonderful. Sadly the property is now sold and those particular clafoutis are no more. I have tried a plum version but it wasn't memorable.
Re. my reading..... Moby Dick is going well. It's very dense with wonderful language which paints rich pictures of characters and place. I haven't yet become acquainted with the maniacal Captain Ahab. The Valley of the Dolls I wouldn't especially recommend, except as a curiosity perhaps. It's about the burgeoning Hollywood movie industry in the 40s through to 60s and the prizes and pitfalls experienced by the young women who flocked after fame and fortune. The "dolls" were the prescription pills the girls ended up taking to get them through. Apparently the book was thought to be scandalous (by some) when it came out in 1966. It's not literature. There is a movie version.
Thanks again for your writing and have an excellent week 😊
Fried banana with french toast, I must try that. Cherry Clafoutis sound like a dream! Maybe whoever has those trees now is enjoying them, and if not it sounds like they are still being enjoyed in your memory. You are making me want to read Moby Dick! I've always been a bit too intimidated by the density of detail I've heard that it has but that is what lends itself to the "rich pictures" you describe.
I’ve been on a banana pancake kick and don’t foresee it ending anytime soon! It’s become a running joke; when I tell people I’m going home for dinner, the reply is ”banana pancakes!?”. Banana matcha sounds incroyable
I can't believe I haven't made banana pancakes yet since this craze began... now I'll have to do that. Thanks for the inspo <3
PS I forgot to say how I love the Louisiana Channel video...... the artists speaking feel that energy of Soutine in his paintings, and I like how they express that so well in words. Listening and watching made me want to rush into my studio and start painting...... and then my inner naysayer came up. I envisaged what I'm currently working on in my studio and how hesitantly and non-energetically I'm approaching it. I'm doing a course and trying to learn something new, and that raises the challenge of my not pouring my energy forth in my usual way, but going slowly and trying to learn a different way. It feels very unenergetic.
I completely agree. And I relate to what you are saying, it's so hard to strike a balance between energetic inspiration and methodical work, especially when learning new techniques. Best of luck in the battle against the inner naysayer this week, I'm over here fighting that same battle so at least we aren't alone!
Very much enjoyed your "this and that" this week. I pondered banana everything, and felt that I wasn't strongly tempted to follow suit - except for the banana bread French toast. I do make French toast and have fried banana with it, which is rather delicious.
Chaim Soutine I've always liked, his carcasses and his houses, although I don't remember seeing any quite so quite so rhythmic as those which came up when I searched.
Clafoutis! Your Clafoutis Aux Abricots sounds fabulous. My sister in Tasmania has made cherry clafoutis annually, when the cherry trees in her orchard were giving of their best. I got to sample when I visited her and they were wonderful. Sadly the property is now sold and those particular clafoutis are no more. I have tried a plum version but it wasn't memorable.
Re. my reading..... Moby Dick is going well. It's very dense with wonderful language which paints rich pictures of characters and place. I haven't yet become acquainted with the maniacal Captain Ahab. The Valley of the Dolls I wouldn't especially recommend, except as a curiosity perhaps. It's about the burgeoning Hollywood movie industry in the 40s through to 60s and the prizes and pitfalls experienced by the young women who flocked after fame and fortune. The "dolls" were the prescription pills the girls ended up taking to get them through. Apparently the book was thought to be scandalous (by some) when it came out in 1966. It's not literature. There is a movie version.
Thanks again for your writing and have an excellent week 😊
Fried banana with french toast, I must try that. Cherry Clafoutis sound like a dream! Maybe whoever has those trees now is enjoying them, and if not it sounds like they are still being enjoyed in your memory. You are making me want to read Moby Dick! I've always been a bit too intimidated by the density of detail I've heard that it has but that is what lends itself to the "rich pictures" you describe.