It was a genius idea, to create a food pyramid, one in which a pyramid was used to indicate how much of the various food groups one should consume. Yes, the use of a pyramid was a good idea in part because pyramids are power centers.

However, the pyramid was replaced by a plate, a pie graph. What gives? How come the powers that be could not leave a good thing alone? The human mind, it never is satisfied with a good thing – it attempts to better things but ultimately fails. For example, consider pug dogs, animals who can’t regulate their weight and have breathing problems.

Now the food pyramid – I think that we should go back to this model and individualize it. This is because one person’s preference is not necessarily another’s. And maybe, in some instances, drawing one’s own food pyramid might get some to think about what their nutritionally related priorities are, and consequently they can make necessary changes.

All this to say that chocolate is at the top of my food pyramid. This is a later in life thing. I think that it does for me what coffee does for others – provides me with much-needed energy when my energy is waning. Yes, that’s it. And what is wrong with this picture? Some would say that leafy green vegetables should be at the top and they are right. However, the pyramid, which has its spiritual and psychic dimensions, does not lie.

Okay. And what about those of us who have decided to forgo eating meat? The prospect of eating what’s considered the best meat of all, wild game, makes my stomach hurt. The only thing worse than eating wild animals is stuffing them and putting them on display for non-hunters to admire. In my mind, there is also nothing admirable about this.

So, I advocate the return of the food pyramid – and we can call it the individualized food pyramid. Maybe this could be a quasi-conceptual art project – pass out sheets and have people draw up their own charts. Then put them out on display and take the display on tour. Or artists could create their own pyramids.

I can’t say this was the product of an ideas day. I wrote for surprise, and this was what surfaced. I had intended to write about my day because for the most part it was a good day. Now that the book project is going well and I am top-heavy with book cleaners, I need to find more books.

This to me, is of course, a peculiar form of stress, and one that is going to dictate what I do tomorrow. Where am I going to get more books? And are there ever going to be more books? I guess in the meantime we need to get out what we have.

I just cannot believe that this project has grown and in some ways taken on a life of its own. I do at times liken it to Frankenstein, and other times to Baby Huey.

I need to draw a food pyramid cartoon.

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