It allows the indulgence of different sensibilities and moods, letting diners take from it what they want, like Alaskan black cod with Acacia honey reduction, or spicy tuna tartare with avocado, preserved lemon and American caviar.
It allows the indulgence of different sensibilities and moods, letting diners take from it what they want, be it whole fish as pure and clean as anything likely to swim in the direction of dinner, or seafood done up in cheekier fashions.
Nostalgia, according to this view, is very different from a weakness or indulgence.
Art can't help but seem at best child's play, at worst perverse self-indulgence and part of a different, distant, artificial world.
Listen to bands/artists like: Marilyn Manson, Gwar, Lordi, Alice Cooper, Mindless Self Indulgence, KISS, and W.A.S.P. They're all completely different, but all shock rock.
But, though I may disparage my life or wish briefly for something different, I know I wouldn't trade the sacrifices made for the indulgences gained.
"The rest are somewhere between self-indulgence, self-interrogation and an attempt to work in a rather different literary form, blending autobiography, history and social commentary".
They touch us at a different level, resonate in our souls, and take us outside of selfish cares and indulgences.
