Logbook of «PS Narina»
Day 40
Air / Water temperature: 21°C (18°C at night) / 17°C
Wind direction / Bft: South-southwest / 3
Area: ARGENTI FLUMEN (Ocher and rusty brown stirred) – Nautical chart showing the route
Combuse: Streaked spinefoot (1 kg) remove intestines, fillet and skin, rinse and pat dry. Bring to a boil 100 g of medium-grain rice with 2.5 L of highly diluted chicken broth. Let bubble for 5 minutes. Reduce heat and let simmer half covered for three hours until everything has been transformed into a largely structureless mass. Season with salt. Mix together to make a sauce: 2 tablespoons Shao Xing rice wine, 2 tablespoons light soy sauce, 2 tablespoons finely chopped ginger, 2 teaspoons sesame oil, ½ teaspoon white pepper, 1 heaped teaspoon flour, 2 teaspoons fermented tofu. Cut 200 g of the fish fillet into small pieces, mix with the sauce and marinate for 2 hours. Just before eating add the fish with marinade to the rice and cook for another 5 minutes. Remove pot from heat and let stand for 5 minutes. Stir in 4 tablespoons of finely chopped coriander leaves. Dish out the rice on bowls and sprinkle some more cilantro on top. (More recipes from the Chief cook of «PS Narina»)
Observations
How would it be if we had a type of camera with which we could photograph our dreams? If we decorated our days with our pictures of the night the world would certainly be different. The apparatus that we do possess for recording our dreams is, first and foremost, language. But, like drawing, language is burdened by technical restrictions; plus, there’s the danger of something being left out in haste or being added, of a colour being forgotten, or, of a picture being used as a bridge between two others. Our live will interferes, and reason, a thousand censors and provocateurs, narrators and aesthetes, self-styled actors and moralists. In short, the description of the dream is a work of art, an invention – just as the dream itself is an invention. An invention?
First Publication: 10-4-2013
Modifications: 10-11-2014