What It Is
The question here is ‘what makes us human?’, or ‘what separates us from the animals?’ The immediate answers that come to my mind are love and war, but these don’t hold true upon further thought. Go watch a nature documentary like Planet Earth (get the Attenborough narration) and you’ll encounter all of the compassion of love and all of the violence of war. They might not be fleshed out to the same extent with which humans experience love and war, but the core essence is certainly present.
To my mind, there are two basic elements which make humans civilized and unique: the cultivation and propagation of food and the creation of art in its various forms. I’m sure that there are other pursuits which are distinctly human, but food and the arts are where my interests lie. My name is Kevin. This is The Artist Eats.