And just embodied knowledge, right? The locomotion and the assemblage that supersedes the recipe. Even music has the big cognitive load of invention that has to power it, and food — especially food that you're learning to make within a script — has just enough small-c creativity in it, I think (without any demotion of its grandeur!). A satisfyingly kinda-closed circuit of making, with convivial exchange at the end.
Yes, I think that’s right. Cooking, like making/playing music, is a knowing-how more than a knowing-that, which is to say deeply embodied. Both are expressive and speak to some of the oldest and deepest parts of human personhood. And I love the notion of a “kinda-closed circuit of making.” M gets to finish something low-stakes creative, but he also talks about what he plans to do differently next go around and what new dishes he’s thinking about.
And just embodied knowledge, right? The locomotion and the assemblage that supersedes the recipe. Even music has the big cognitive load of invention that has to power it, and food — especially food that you're learning to make within a script — has just enough small-c creativity in it, I think (without any demotion of its grandeur!). A satisfyingly kinda-closed circuit of making, with convivial exchange at the end.
I understand your son's need to make familiar food - it's a comforting thing to do.
Yes, I think that’s right. Cooking, like making/playing music, is a knowing-how more than a knowing-that, which is to say deeply embodied. Both are expressive and speak to some of the oldest and deepest parts of human personhood. And I love the notion of a “kinda-closed circuit of making.” M gets to finish something low-stakes creative, but he also talks about what he plans to do differently next go around and what new dishes he’s thinking about.