Life is a cake, and we the bakers. The kitchen can be seen as our laboratory where we can experiment with new ideas, or alter an old recipe. In the kitchen we have total control over the decisions of what we are going to put into the batter of our cake. If we follow a recipe we can either decide to go along with tradition and follow it step by step, or we can decide to be a little daring and tweak some simple elements here or there. If we really want to take a step on the wild side and break loose we may throw all recipes out the door and create one that is all our own. No matter what we choose to do the basic ingredients that go into making a cake never changes. There is always going to be sugar, flour, eggs, and butter. So with such simple ingredients how is it that so many cakes can turn out wrong?
With any experiment the only way to assure the perfect results is to have multiple trials, otherwise known as trial and error. Baking takes the special touch of knowing just the right proportions of ingredients to amount to the perfect cake. For one to truly master the art of baking takes experimentation. No one wakes up just knowing how to bake, in fact more people usually fail at obtaining the perfect touch of baking than people who master the art. The people who can call themselves true "bakers" obtained this right through dedication and passion. They simply do not give up after a few failed attempts of baking a cake, they push on until they reach perfection. With passion and dedication they succeed at making something as wonderful as a simple cake. While this may not seem like much, how many of us are capable of this simple task?
What was your understanding of the piece?
What were some of the weakness that I could improve to make the piece stronger?
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5 comments:
1.) I understood that the metaphor of baking a cake relates to living life.
2.) Maybe you could get rid of the first line, and make it understood that baking a cake is a metaphor for life.
1.) Does everyone really have the same ingredients for baking the cake?
2.) Are different people's lives comparable to baking different types of foods?
1. I understood that the layers and hidden components of a cake relate to the subtleties of life.
2. The first line makes the rest of the piece seem redundant, it would be better to omit it and have the reader realize that cake is like life over the course of the piece.
1. Is a perfect result really desireable?
2. What happens if the recipe is tweaked?
I think I could definitely start the piece off without giving away that life is like baking a cake and added more symbolism with the ingredients and process of baking. Also I could touch on the results of adding extra ingredients into the batter instead of just the baiscs to get something extrodinary to signify the way of extrodinary people and how they formed themselves into who they were. I could develop more on the consequence of making a bad cake and the process of learning that come from the result of a bad cake, and touch on the fact that no cake is ever perfect not matter how many trials and attempts we make. I think I could also try a different format with the piece, perhaps a poem instead.
1. That baking a cake is difficult like life?
2. I think you make life sound a lot more daunting than it really is. Sure, some of us may strive to do more, but ultimately, isn't life about what we take away from it? Is doing less that bad?
1. Did you write this because you can easily relate to baking, or was it just a good idea you had?
2. If you can shorten the steps to baking a great cake, does cutting out steps make it a worse cake (if I do less in life, but I'm happy, is that bad)?
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