06/11/2012
Nerissa Magol
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Its the era of foodies,
gluttons and young celebrities who cook, competition is at a high stake.
Creativity is shared in different ways such as craft, art or food. A generation
of young creators are drawn to food over art. They recognize the power that
food has over us, it’s transgressed potential that we are compelled to eat, to
feel guilty and then to go out and do it again. Creativity has taken many
creators to an all-new level. There have been pictures, tutorials about being
creative in the food industry. Sometimes boundaries for some have been
crossed, where they think it's simply inappropriate to
share vulgar ideas. What's the first emotion that you have when you see
the picture below?
Would you call this image
sexual or simply call it a plate of potato cake displayed creatively on a bed
of lettuce leaves. Some might burst into laughter, whereas some might say
very creative, yet naught and surely not appropriate for kids. When they say not
appropriate for kids? What age are we specifically talking about? a ten year
old or a twenty year old, who are still kids for their parents. Censoring
images of food is not going to eliminate censorship from movies or media texts.
True meaning of censorship according to Kay Vandergrift is 'the
need to "protect" children from dangerous or disturbing ideas and
information'. How is this picture dangerous or
disturbing? There are thousands of cake pictures used in celebrating various
fun and exciting occasions today, that are much more vulgar and nude than
it has been in the past.
This is a surprise birthday cake for a friend who turned 21.
She is overweight due to an illness in our
friend’s circle. She loves wearing clothes that slimmer girls than her wear.
This cake was designed for to her to make her feel beautiful and tell her she
could still make her wish come true, no matter of the weight issue. At first
when she saw the cake she was surprised and loved it. She was not ready to cut
the cake because of the effort put in it. The creativity and hard work kept in
this cake was outstanding. Friends like to be naughty but nice. Close friends like to be creative and share their love in various ways for a new couple, or a new mum or helping guy friends to propose to their girlfriends by a cake. Sometimes it is difficult to express love by words, but a cake can surely pass on the message.
If parents feel pictures like these on the
internet are going to rot their children's thinking than, parents have the
right to limit the use of internet for their children. Not only pictures of
cake or other food pictures have nudity in them but there are thousands
of ponography in movies, books and music videos that children have access to today.
Bottom line, it is how one perceives an image. Do u treat a cherry cupcake as a cupcake with caramel on top or a sexual image? As adults, we need to understand intellectual freedom that conflict with values. There is no objective "right" or "wrong". It all depends on how individuals overlook some times at times for fun, entertainment and excitement.
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