As you can see, we've briefly moved to the cheese aisle on the pastel art tour of foods.  This cheese is named Parrano and for the longest time I thought it was an Italian cheese but found out it's actually a Dutch cheese.  It's tasty, nice with rather strong flavors.  I like it. 

But what of its origins?  I have never traveled to The Netherlands but would love to go there -- just think of some of the great artists who began life in Holland -- Van Gogh, Rembrandt, Vermeer.  It's difficult for me to imagine an art life without the modern conveniences -- fast drying gels, a multitude of oil colors, pre-made everything, if you want -- no mixing of colors with oils, spending endless hours producing the paints from scratch. 

I'm glad I live in this century where women, as well as men, can make artworks, have a vast array of art supplies from which to choose, can show our works on the Internet, and we aren't as constrained in our choice of subject matters or media as we might have been in previous centuries. 

And we have the opportunity to eat delectable cheeses from foreign lands!


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