plastic

today nothing in particular reminded me of last week, when the wife of santiago, a mildly conniving lady who cooks and takes care of the centro de capacitacion and whose name i forget, saw the brand new plastic box they had brought up for the kitchen at the centro. it was tupperware like, about 12"x10"x6", clear plastic, with a blue lid, and from her voice as she talked about it, her body language - the way she touched it and looked at it, her total admiration for the beauty and utility of this piece of modern alchemy was unmistakably clear.