In the show Ugly Delicious hosted by the notorious Chef David Chang, Chang takes on the question, what makes a certain food good or authentic. In his episode that explores home cooking his definition of something authentic is when you taste a food and it takes you back to a time or place, or reminds you of someone. While explaining this Chang pulls a clip from the movie Ratatouille where the food critic tries the food and is taken back to his childhood. I feel like Tolstoy would agree that food or food that resembles this kind of experience would be considered art. The individuality or what Tolstoy mentions ,”On the greater or lesser individuality of the feeling transmitted” would be the Chef’s taste, touch, and preference which shows individuality. There is clearness or what Tolstoy says “on the greater or lesser clearness with which the feeling is transmitted” because the food brings the audience, or the person trying the food back to a memory in a very specific way. The sincerity, or how Tolstoy says ” on the greater or lesser force with which the artist himself feels the emotion he transmits”, of food would be the fact that the memory is so specific that it takes the individual back to their personal flashback just as food has done to us at some point. Overall, David Chang and the movie Ratatouille make a great effort to demonstrate thoroughly the ideas of individuality, clearness, and sincerity that Tolstoy would describes as good art. So maybe an In N Out burger can be Good Art?!
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For me when I try food I can food authentic based on it being something that I have never had before, for instance when I eat at Mediterranean restaurant I have never been to that part of the world, so I classify it as authentic and when I eat taste foods from a particular region in that part of the world I am filled with wander and imagination like a canvas of the most extravagant things. So its my mind and fascination that is creating the art inside of me without actually putting it onto a canvas or showcasing it as a movie.
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Totally! But I think an even more interesting thing to think about is when you have a particular food, smell, and or certain spice that almost takes you back to either a memory or reminds you of someone. For example, when I have GOOOD pastor (rotated pork if you don’t know look it up 😩) It reminds me of the fun time I had in Mexico with friends last fall.
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Great work! I enjoyed how you tied David Chang and the movie together to explain Tolstoy’s definition of art. You did a fantastic job breaking down the Tolstoy’s three requires for art.
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This is my favorite example of what Tolstoy would consider good art, by far! Now I get to tell my family that I do enjoy art… It’s In-N-Out! A chef definitely puts forth all his effort into making his food which I consider genuineness. Food definitely fits the description with clarity as well for the same reasons you described. And of course, sencerity is active as well and I think Ratatouille is the perfect example for that! Great post!
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