Inspired By Nature Quotes

“Flowers teach us the philosophy of life - we should live and die beautifully.”
― Anna Stepanova, Love and Tears: Suffering and Survival in Wartime Russia

“The meal begins the way all kaiseki meals begin, with hassun, a mixed plate of small bites- fish and vegetables, usually- used to set the tone for the feast to come. In a bowl of pine needles and fallen leaves he hides smoky slices of bonito topped with slow-cooked seaweed, gingko nuts grilled until just tender, a summer roll packed with foraged herbs, and juicy wedges of persimmon dressed with ground sesame and sansho flowers. Autumn resonates in every bite.
While the rice simmers away, the meal marches forward: sashimi decorated with a thicket of mountain vegetables and wildflowers; a thick slab of Kyoto-style mackerel sushi, fermented for a year, with the big, heady funk of a washed cheese; mountain fruit blanketed in white miso and speckled with black sesame and bee larvae.”
― Matt Goulding, Rice, Noodle, Fish: Deep Travels Through Japan's Food Culture

“If there weren't humans the eyes wouldn't know what blinking mean.”
― Uzma ayoub