DÒUFǓ MEISTER: Thoughts about devotion to art Devote yourself to tofu - should anything else matter? Be the food you create beans and bittern time and water help miracles take place Between boiling & blending squeezing & shaking chunks separate & those reaching art become small parts of something seasoned with feisty clumps & cheesy curds congealing into poetry (in parts) Yum! An-Yi: What's dis nonsense? Chariya: I dunno. If the only thing that matters in yer world is soy bean curd, den you's simply a bacterium. Bhäraté: Maybe so, but I admire people who are completely devoted to their small clump of life. Daiki: Yeah. Why not? We are all jeez tiny clumps ah tofu. ===================================================================================== from _Pan-Asian Pulses: Poetry, Art, and Dialogs about Asia_ by T Newfields SUMMARY: With tofu making as a metaphor, this is a poem and a conversation about one-pointed devotion to art. KEYWORDS: tofu making, creativity, dedication to art, aesthetic ideals Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955) Begun: 1992 in Shizuoka, Japan ≜ Finished: 2008 in Tokyo, Japan Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted < LAST http://www.tnewfields.info/BambooGroves/li.htm TOC http://www.tnewfields.info/BambooGroves/index.html NEXT > http://www.tnewfields.info/BambooGroves/jade.htm TRANSLATIONS DEUTSCH: http://www.tnewfields.info/de/tofu.htm ESPAÑOL: http://www.tnewfields.info/es/tofu.htm NIHONGO: http://www.tnewfields.info/jp/toufu.htm