Colander
Leave a commentJuly 1, 2024 by The Citron Review
by James Geary
In any other utensil it would be a major design flaw, but here it is the single most essential feature. This perforated skull, this bowl held together by holes, keeps what it wants by leaking, letting go what it cannot hold. Take this clutch of blueberries, laved and cradled in this prospector’s pan. Pick one and eat it. Savor the sweetness. See them disappearing.
James Geary is the author of Wit’s End: What Wit Is, How It Works, and Why We Need It; I Is an Other: The Secret Life of Metaphor and How It Shapes the Way We See the World; and the New York Times bestseller The World in a Phrase: A Brief History of the Aphorism, among other books. University of Chicago Press will publish a new edition of The World in a Phrase in 2025.
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