The other day I was finishing dinner and admiring the intricacies of my frosty mug as I quaffed its remaining dregs. And it got me thinking that this five dollar glass would have been found only in a king’s court five hundred years ago. The quality of the craftsmanship necessary to form such a detailed and virtually perfect goblet would have only been afforded by the extremely wealthy.
I then began admiring the plates, cutlery, and other knick-knacks on my kitchen table. They were all standard quality, obtained from various down-the-street retailers. Yet these “trinkets” would have been prized as things of great beauty in eras gone by.
So many things that we consider commonplace have only recently become so. Mirrors, mass market paperbacks, hot showers...the list is virtually endless.
Sure makes me appreciate the “frostiness” of my frosty mug.
I then began admiring the plates, cutlery, and other knick-knacks on my kitchen table. They were all standard quality, obtained from various down-the-street retailers. Yet these “trinkets” would have been prized as things of great beauty in eras gone by.
So many things that we consider commonplace have only recently become so. Mirrors, mass market paperbacks, hot showers...the list is virtually endless.
Sure makes me appreciate the “frostiness” of my frosty mug.