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Milo Link ParentThank you for sharing this, it was very brave. Maybe I've just built up a tolerance to being misunderstood, but I've learned, for me at least, that having people that don't understand me 100%, but...Thank you for sharing this, it was very brave.
Maybe I've just built up a tolerance to being misunderstood, but I've learned, for me at least, that having people that don't understand me 100%, but still care about me, and show general support for what I do... is good enough. Anything more than that is a blessing, isn't it?
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Comment on How to get better at visual design with desserts (both plated and bakery-style)? in ~food
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Comment on How to get better at visual design with desserts (both plated and bakery-style)? in ~food
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How to get better at visual design with desserts (both plated and bakery-style)?
Over decades, it seems that there has been this evolving body of knowledge surrounding plating and presentation, which can only be absorbed fully, if you've spent several years at a high-end...
Over decades, it seems that there has been this evolving body of knowledge surrounding plating and presentation, which can only be absorbed fully, if you've spent several years at a high-end bakery or fine dining restaurant (swooshing a sauce with the back of the spoon, quenelles, 3-dimensional whitespace, etc.).
I'm an aspiring dessert artisan, and I'd like to get up to date on those principles, approaches, and techniques, without having to squirrel my way into the fine-dining lifestyle.
Instagram and pictures in cookbooks are great for inspiration, but I feel like I would improve faster by understanding thought process/vocabulary, than from analyzing finished products.
Any suggestions/advice/resources? (Most visual design books are too general imo)
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Individually, I DID find that my ability to memorize new information was healthier when learning a language - of course, any knowledge space works, but language is unique in having a lot of resources (sometimes, state-sponsored) for the learning part. Modern platforms have been incorporating user-friendly SRS, mass-educating those of us without great study skills in what memorization and review is actually supposed to look like.
Globally, economic mobility might improve if the entire world consolidated into language blocs, yes, but as a country, protecting a unique language can also act as a tariff against brain drain (talent more easily immigrating to the West, for example), promoting political identity, and a way of censoring foreign ideas, among other things.
Whether this is good or not, depends on how much globalization (I/O of ideas and goods) is "optimal" for your country. India and Japan are two opposite cases for example: India exposed itself to brain drain by making English the professional language, but also supported the influx of ideas and deeper trade relationships with the West. No idea what the cost/benefit analysis is here.
Japan on the other hand, seems to have invested in soft power (anime, video games, food) and language platforms, to encourage brand identity (boosted value of Japanese products in global stage) and immigration as a treatment for its low birth-rate economy.
The idea of a mono-language global citizen can't really exist, as long as there are countries that want to take care of their own first, whom believe the calculus of assimilation doesn't make sense.