Affordances cont...

Carrying on from last week I’m going to talk about affordances through the experience of cooking a snack early in the morning after a night out in town. I came home still a bit drunk and in need of something to eat. We had leftovers from last night’s spaghetti bolognaise so I just reheated that in the microwave and had it on toast. Instead of making something new I simply used something that may otherwise have been thrown out soon. While I was making this my flatmate was up with me talking. We had to concentrate on talking really quietly so not to wake the others in the house. I think we really bonded over our late night snack and chat. We shared stories from the night and vented some of our problems to each other. This small activity of making a snack gave the opportunity for communication between friends. I wasn’t particularly worried about the food I was eating, or how it looked. Normally I like to present my food in an aesthetically pleasing way, but not tonight. I really enjoy looking at pictures of food on the internet because they are presented so well and so creatively. Here are some that I recently enjoyed looking at. 

Pretty Strawberries!

Red brownies!

In talking of spirituality to do with the activity of making this late night snack (spirituality being the potential for feeling in the activity) I value putting time and effort into making a really good meal, but this night I needed a quick fix and this was perfect, I didn’t have to wait long at all. I was satisfied in a few short minutes.