making ends meet: mastering the sushi roll
creativity unleashed: I love this picture because it reminds of chaos unleashed into that unexpected creative dimension yet ~ contained. I love being in that state because it's then, perhaps I sense I have mastered the use of my medium, my palette, paint brushes, palette knife and so forth the tools and thus; able to release art unrestrained......sounds senseless perhaps.......
It reminds me about the time when I thought I had figured out the creative way. It was in art school years back. I attended art school to study graphic design. I had a design professor that began the course off with two colors only: black and white.
As a class we were so bummed to realize the course had to start off in such a confined setting. In so many words I recall what my design professor said, "You must master the perfection of visual design principles by working within, then past your limitations. Once you understand the simplest of limitations, you'll understand what it means to break free and release....." He was a very cool German guy that looked like a 007 guy in his younger years and was extremely Bauhaus in his teachings.
yet this is what I REALLY feel like: absolute chaos, but at least green + leaner with the sun shining on me.......shouldn't complain really
The recklessness of the photo above perfectly exemplifies my state of life right now. But to make me feel better; a green organic ornate complicated mess ~ everywhere; slathered in soy, salty, savory with bits of bliss + bounty blended with every twist and turn of my raw ravaged turnstile in life, slowly seducing me by knowing the recklessness of my whims......
raw sushi rice made with parsnips, almonds, fresh lemon juice + specklings of sea salt
By the way, thanks for your patience on returning.
I have been absorbed in the bliss of summer.
Just getting back from a week of surf camp at the beaches that have completely taken over my life and put everything on stand still.
It was lovely.......and I lost two more pounds.
Don't get me wrong food passionistas ~ especially the savory sensual life carnivore + decadently cooked food bloggers out there. Don't want to scare you off with my raw food ways. I don't plan to get too soap boxy and do the whole sustainable, Asian-girl grows dreadlocks thing + carrying hemp bags transforming into a raw food priestess with the vibe of John the Baptist.....
Still love the lush + cooked.
But am loving the raw + real too.......
It's nice not to have the awning when donned with low~cut capris allowing ample sun time for my open~toe heels *sigh + laughing out loud here* to myself about ridiculous hang ups ;-)
I intend to remain unrestrained in a chaos contained sort of way ~ !
this is my take on raw Korean kimbap/keembap ~ raw rice, marinated spinach, shredded carrots, avocados, cukes + scallions......then I tried lovingly to wrap in civilized presentable form in nori.
I cannot roll worth crap.
So I tried another evening with *hubs* in attendance.
He's very linear, left brain, scientest~type.
He is a master roller.
Atop bamboo mat: First hubs spreads nori with the raw rice, then sliced avocados, lightly marinated carrots, cukes + shiitake mushrooms.....
The veggies are marinated sparingly with olive oil, raw sesame seeds, sea salt, namu shoyu (unpasteurized soy sauce), fresh minced ginger ~ also know I had to squeeze the water emerging from the cukes + carrots. These veggies have a high water content and the salt just makes them bleed juicy of h2o. 
add baby lettuce sprigs 
slicing raw sushi roll requires a sharp clean knife
Tips on rolling as I watched *hubs* using both hands:
1. roll forward while.....
2. gently yet firmly pressing down and.....
3. tuck contents tightly underneath as rolling forward.....
4. repeat #1, #2 + #3
Actually, it kinda was like the same process as rolling a......well, rolling a cigarette......for those of you that have rolled your own......hmmmm.......
raw sushi rolls finally done well ~ thanks *love* !
Savor the moment with soy sauce or namu shoyu and mind numbing wasabe.
