Making Stuff

In the quest to make the Worlds Most Perfect Granaola, Trial 1 was mostly successful (dispite questionable substitutions and a slightly Wheaty-like aftertaste.) It called for unknown-to-me ingredients like flaxseed (oooo!)and coconut oil (ahhhh!)which required rooting around in fishy Asian markets, and leaving out certain items altogether. I'd def do it again . . . with modifications, of course.

The original (and probably already perfect) recipe can be found here:

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Megans-Granola/Detail.aspx

So what next? Homemade yogurt? The Muslims invented yogurt cultures in third world conditions centuries ago - why shouldnt I try it?

For me, the driving force behind making art/food/cleaning products, is a mishmash of semi-uninimportant hooha, but still I'm driven, absolutely DRIVEN, to do it! Control was never something to be had, or if so, was lost long ago.

But wouldnt you too if you were bored, unchallenged, trying to go green (okay pale green), and got your rocks off occassionally beating a throw-away, consumer-hungry system?

The thing about creating, with a view to the environment or not, is that it's a snowball effect. Once bitten by the desire to make, it cannot be satiated. Even while doing other things, the creative brain is searching for viable outlets for making some kind of mark. Prime example, I attempted to make laundry detergent, knowing full well, that if it was successful, it could not END there. I was already thinking about the next cleaning product project, and the next one, and the one after that.

Sometimes I ask where will this path take me? But in reality, the satisfaction comes from having tried, and learning a thing or two in the process. Even sucky failures are momentary adventures for brain cells never before utilized. We use what, an estimated 1% of 1% of our mental capacity? I'll never understand cold fusion or Dimensions 4 thru 10, but I can make stuff, by golly. I sure can make stuff.