5/13/2016

How to Build a Sand-Castle in the Air

DISCLAIMER: Recipe Books are dangerous objects. One could get fat simply flipping through the pages.

Of recipes that water our mouths even before they have been tasted, one delicacy is "Castle in the Air". Now, just like a chocolate cake would be all the more irresistible if it were to become double chocolate one, I am going to share with you the refined version of the Castle. Yes, kind people, today we are going to learn the step-by-step procession towards building a Sand-Castle in the Air. Compare it to something like, cherry on the top. We begin:

Step 1: Location, location, location. Remember, where we are going to build the castle? In the air. It needs to float innocently, to be seen, to remind, to make us eager to touch it, make us want to have it.

Step 1a: We are building a sand-castle. So, an ideal place would be a beach, don't you think so? Complete sense with sacks of sand. But wait, here we want you to think. Wouldn't the waves distract our view of the suspended castle? Sigh.

Step 1b: Sand found? Keeping it undisclosed to launch a massive appeal to the viewers later.

Step 2: How about spicing things up a beat by whipping a couple of hobby-rooms? I mean it really wouldn't hurt to have a room to watch movies, or one to play carrom-board or playstation in. See? Yes. So, we put those secret ingredients in. The space to unwind.

Step 2a: It is important here to note that the space cannot be an overbearing one, one which makes us guilty of not attending it frequently, like a library, or one which has its own mind, like a garden.

Step 2b: Mix the space with the sand. It will have the effect of what yeast does in contact with air. Blows up. And isn't what we were looking at? A castle in the air? Good. Let it rest.

Step 3: We can now see the towers and chambers in our castle, right out of nothingness, like a conjuror would have brought a rabbit out of his hat. And such a warm castle -- spacious, ambitious and own.

Step 3a: Now for the ornamenting. We took the castle to the desert of course for even more sacks of sand. Heap after heap, casually aim at the castle.

Step 3b: Uh ou. Has the sand fallen back in your eye? Is it disturbing the sight of the castle? Well, wake up then. Shake it off. Some streaks are stuck on it, see carefully. Sand-castle in the air accomplished.


Those of you who disbelieve the process of seeing clearly after sand hits the eye, don't go to the desert. I have thought of another place for you, where you can build such castles.

Grab a dessert. Anytime of the day. While we are here to fight fat, we cannot escape the fact that to be able to build a castle in the air, you need both dopamine and depression, children of fat. Don't make them fight! And oh, certainly not in that sand-castle we just built!

Wait, have you caught some sand in your eye? Told you! Clarity is rare these days.

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