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Vim&Vigour · 03-22-2008, 06:58 PM

From my parents I have inherited a sense of colour, texture, composition, feeling.
I love the options that leather offer, the grain, the hue, the suppleness, the resilience.
For the very same reasons I enjoy carnal pleasure of the body, of the flesh of fruit…

Take a peach. Sun ripened, room temperature and just ripe, not overly ripe…
Have you ever felt your lips reaching the velvety skin of a peach, them pursing as you sink your teeth into the flesh?
Have you ever peeled off the velvety, dry, soft skin on top with your teeth, and felt your teeth meet the flesh of the fruit?
Your tongue coming to the aid to catch the sweet aromatic juices as your teeth sink into the firm, soft flesh?
You take a first bite, your mouth bursts with flavour, sweetness, slinkiness of the glossy morsel as your nose inhales the memory of peacefulness and warmth that has brought this fruit to ripeness.
Ah, the excitement of that first morsel, the excitement of novelty, of a new experience.
And how about further morsels, once the excitement subdues?
A reflective mood and enjoyment replaces the initial reaction, and as you continue you reach the woody, rough solid stone. The tip of your tongue feels the holes and grooves, meets the filaments that tickle your tongue. With all flesh gone, you might use your incisors to carefully lift those filaments, trying to prize them away intact. The stone remains alive and part of the fruit as long as it is wet. Once you discard it, you detach yourself from that complicit moment of sheer enjoyment of what was that very peach…

Vim

rappaport · 03-22-2008, 07:10 PM

Is it hot in here, or is it just me?

Wow, I'll never look at a peach the same way.

Vim&Vigour · 03-22-2008, 07:18 PM

David!
it's hot, sunny and warm when it is Summer and peaches, apricots, cherries abound... Today it was trying to snow in London... I longed for Summer and remembered those days...
But I know what you mean!
Cheers!
Vim

Omaha Jim · 03-22-2008, 11:13 PM

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Originally Posted by rappaport

Is it hot in here, or is it just me?

Wow, I'll never look at a peach the same way.

I have to agree, is it too cold for a cold shower??? Vim, the more I know you, the more I love you!

BillH · 03-22-2008, 11:18 PM

Yeah, I'm going to be 56 pretty soon, but I wondered if I was old enough to be reading about that peach! (I know I'm definitely not mature enough, no matter what my chronological age might be!)
Thanks, Vim.
BillH

Vim&Vigour · 03-23-2008, 06:04 AM

I think it important to nourish oneself with pleasure, especially now that we are mindful of what we eat. More of a question of becoming refined and appreciative of WHAT we eat...
Enjoy the wind blowing in your face as you confront it, feel it in your hair. Turn your face for it to be stronger than you. Feel the wind quieten and pick up. Feel the rythm...
Vim

splendifor · 03-23-2008, 06:07 AM

I want a peach!!!!!

what a great mindfulness piece on eating a peach.. When you put it that way, omg yes it's a very sensual experience - the perfect peach