It is fall and the harvest is happening! The fields, trees, and bushes are
brimming with the goodness of the land, namely real food as food
should be: fresh fruit, vegetables, greens, seeds, and nuts! Walk through
a local farmers' market, a home garden, and supermarkets and be
enthused about eating in a whole new dimension. Feast your eyes on
the variety of fresh foods at your fingertips. Notice the colors, shapes,
and sizes that distinguish one from the other. Each has a distinct
function, characteristic or signature that comes from the hand of the
Creator Himself. Some call it science while others call it art, for indeed
everything has a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven
(Ecclesiastes 3:1).

The purpose of food is to feed the body, to sustain the life force so
that the body can function properly. The human body is often described
as a finely-designed and engineered machine, being the evidence of
superior intelligence and craftsmanship. The wonders of the body have
been studied for centuries by scientists and health professionals alike.
The human body has also been a popular subject of artists. Likewise
food has been a classic, re-occuring theme in art for centuries.

Aside from all the attention given the human body, there exists yet
another often-overlooked aspect relating to it, namely the body's
relationship to food. This relationship proves to be educational,
practical, as well as inspiring, since it borders on what we call art.

So it is that we discover a new dimension to foods that otherwise might
be hidden, giving us a new understanding of the importance of foods
in relation to our well being.

FOOD: Color for health
Color is a natural part of life, be it found in nature or otherwise. It is an
expression that evokes meaning on many levels, eliciting a response
physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. Color is thus known
to be closely associated with healing. This being true, color of foods
is found to relate to their respective function, a fact that proves both
practical and beneficial.

FOOD: Shape for health
Shape is another important part of life, for it defines our environment and
those things associated with it. In one way or another all matter has form.
It is curious if not surprising then that the shapes of fruit, vegetables, nuts,
seeds, and greens can and often do reveal their function in relation to the
human body. These three dimensional foods are like 'mini-sculptures'
that give important insight into personal well being.

Carrots for healthy eyes

Celery, bok choy, rhubarb for healthy bones

Grapes for healthy lungs

Kidney beans for healthy kidneys

Ginger for healthy digestion

Mushrooms for ear health

Walnuts for a healthy brain

Sweet potato for a healthy pancreas

Olives for healthy ovaries

Avocadoes for a healthy womb, cervix,
and hormone balance

Figs for healthy sperm count and function

FOOD: Edible Art
Substance that is sourced from the earth was placed here
by the Almighty for the benefit of mankind. Though this
substance comes in many forms, much of it is commonly
called food. Visit a farmer's market, supermarket, a road-
side food stand, walk through an orchard or stroll through a
home garden to experience the wonders and beauty of
natural food! Feast your eyes on the colors, shapes, sizes,
textures, and fragrances associated with fruit, vegetables,
greens, nuts, and seeds. Likewise flip through a seed catalog
and marvel at the endless varieties of edible art.

Make no mistake about it. There is an intelligence behind
food. It is more than a science. It is the handiwork of YHVH
Almighty, Master Artist, Who created food, fabulous food,
for our well being: foods that are both visually pleasing and
gastronomically healthy. Who dares question the artistry of
the Most High or denies His sovereign wisdom, love, and
care in custom-making food, glorious food for us so that
we can be vibrantly healthy and prosper?

Living well has become a popular trend, but how many
living are well? Without a doubt there is an art to living well,
and it starts by making healthier food choices: ones that are
naturally-sourced, i.e. drawn from the earth, and come in
assorted colors, shapes, and sizes with visual 'signatures'
that invite us to 'come and dine.'

So it is that true food is living, edible art that keeps us well
in the purest sense. Therefore step up to the plate. Be
inspired. Be daring. Eat a salad. Make a smoothie. Munch
on a carrot. Bite into an apple. No matter your choice, be
hungry for the foods that nourish your body. Be well by eating
beautiful, healthy 'edible art.'

Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health,
even as thy soul prospereth.- 3 John 1:2

Then the EVER-LIVING said, "Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed
that is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit yielding seed;
it shall be food for you;.- Genesis 1:29 (NASB)

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References and further research:

Fruit and Vegetable Color List

Fruit and Vegetable colors

The Ancient Doctrine of Signatures

Living Art- original artwork celebrating the living food lifestyle

 

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