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taiwanese grass jelly herb (3.1/5) (cooling, bitter mint sensation that feels light but has an intense climate. apparently, when steeped with agar agar or gelatin, it can thicken into a jelly. however, i would prefer to drink the herb as is.) "And surely you have seen, in the darkness of the most innermost rooms of these huge buildings, to which sunlight never penetrates, how the gold lead of a sliding door or screen will pick up a distant glimmer from the garden, then suddenly send forth an ethereal glow, a faint golden light cast into the enveloping darkness. How in such a dark place, gold draws so much light to itself is a mystery to me. Modern man, in his well-lit house, knows nothing of the beauty of gold, but those who lived in the dark houses of the past were not merely captivated by its beauty, they also knew its practical value, for gold in these dim rooms, must have served the function of a reflector. Were it not for shadows, there would be no beauty." Tanizaki'...

10 THINGS I DO NOT FIND BEAUTIFUL NOW, BUT WILL FIND BEAUTIFUL IN MEMORIES

  1.  The sprawling over-clustered nature of ethnic enclaves
  2.  Grief
  3.  $2 costume jewelry at the flea market
  4.  living in a lacerating duality
  5.  Summer's humidity
  6.  vacuuming the kitchen counter
  7.  Kimichi stew
  8.  my current state of ignorance
  9.  The way my mother insists on cooking steaks to assimilate into American culture but when she cooks them they get so hard and burnt that they have absolutely no fat on them and are essentially just pieces of char but I always just chew really long and hard and eat the entire thing and always affirm her as the greatest steak griller I know
  10. My mother's nagging advice
  11. strip malls

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