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( Journal of Foodservice , 24 Jan. 2008) into the following structure:

(1) the idea,

(2) art, balance and complexity

(3) line, shape and form

(4) light, colour and plates

(5) sound, music, rhythm, movement and atmosphere

(6) the food

(7) assembling the meal

The meal is clearly much more than mere food. The word meal is a symbol
denoting a plethora of sensory and other meanings. We cannot smell the word
meal or feel the flavour; it is just a symbol that summarises something much more
complex and sensitive.
When these components are brought together in a balanced and dynamic
structure, the good and interesting complexity may arise in an inexplicable, myste-
rious and experienced way. So much in life is straightened in our so-called civilised
society, that can create stress and long-term illness. This is again a question of bal-
ance, between the material and the immaterial. In other words, an understanding
of the possible perceptual impressions available and knowledge makes the free-
dom to create an entirety of the meal in new and interesting ways.
Enriching the individual's perceptual capabilities and making people to per-
ceive more of an inviting meal is sincerely a way of wealth and added value to
peoples' life. This creates new perspectives and unexpected possibilities.
This topic will hopefully be an inspiration source for people communicating
and influencing other people's perception. I would like to see a new evolution
where we balance and make a more nuanced interaction between human senses,
Nature and Technology.
As I see it, the development of Technology has to adapt and communicate
Nature's way of structuring complexity. At that moment we have a golden oppor-
tunity to develop our lives, from all aspects, in a far more harmonic and healthy
way.

Birgitta Watz
Prof. Art & Design, Sweden