Crazy food issues, Part 3: Food you can wear--and actually could eat if you really wanted to!

Think yourself odd sometimes?  This might make you feel better.

There's a psychological school of thought that goes something like this:  People obsess about what they feel they do don't get enough of.  Things like weekends and free time.  Travel. Alcohol. Drugs. Sex.  And food.

Yes, food!  Evidenced by a growing U.S. waistline, there's what seems like an insatiable appetite for more food, despite its abundance all around.  We live to eat far more than we eat to live.  For example, one of the first things people mention as a prime feature of going on a cruise ship is...the continuous chance to graze at daily meals, in-between meals, late-night buffets, pool-side snacks--you get the picture!

Can't get enough of what's important to you.

And don't be fooled--this is a genuine phenomenon, even when it seems like people already have enough of of the thing they obsess about--say, sex, money, porn and so on.  The point here is that there doesn't necessarily need to be a scarcity to trigger the obsession.  

And apparently that's exactly where we are with food in this country; indeed, it is safe to say that there is more food available in the U.S. than is probably good for most people.  Indeed, some authorities have declared that its the over-abundance of food that will shorten our collective lives, not any shortage.  

Clothes for food anybody?

And, yet it appears that simply ingesting it is not enough to make the people in this culture content--or, at minimum, amused.  Now there are designers who create apparel out of food!  Yes, there are outfits that are designed from edible elements that, well, I know it sounds crazy--you can wear!  And some people actually do!

Like Lady Gaga.  She showed up recently at the MTV Video Music Awards in an outfit made up entirely of meat, as in red meat.  Instead of being disparaged for being out of her mind, the media and then the public seems to have displayed an intrigue by what she did and, by such manifest attention, seems to have egged on designers who create this stuff up in the first place!  

Could you see yourself wearing--or feasting on any of this?

If you don't follow The Wall Street Journal, you missed a front-page story this week on food that can be worn.  To be perfectly honest I think it's a little wacky and, thus, I'm not in the market for any of it--and I doubt you are either.  Nonetheless, it appears to be part of the elite culture that's not ridiculed.  Consequently, it co-exists with what's, if not normal, what's accepted--and I thought you'd like to see it for yourself!  

If you ever wonder about your own sanity--taking this in should be more than a little re-assuring to you that you may not be as weird as you occasionally might think!  Here you go--take a look...

What's left to be said about food sanity or craziness after that?  Don't look at me--even though I'm on a diet, I'm not yet prepared to wear the stuff instead of ingesting it.  BTW, And I'm also trying to not be seen with people who do.
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