Value and Bread, Class 3, Robert Winter, Kirk Bloede

1. Bread
Crea%ve
Medita%ons
on
the
value
of
Bread
Kirk
Bloede
Robert
Winter
November
7,
2012

2. Spiritual
Realm
Bread
is
abstractly
symbolic
of
mul5ple
concepts
Soul/Spirit
Physical/Sustenance
Essen%al
Commercial/Banal

3. Spiritual
Realm
• Bread,
the
“staff
of
life,”
is
the
basis
of
the
biblical
story
of
the
loaves
and
the
fishes.
Indeed,
Jesus
says,
“I
am
the
bread
of
life…”
in
John
6:35
• Throughout
the
Chris5an
religion
bread
is
highly
symbolic,
e.g.
communion

4. Essen5al
• Bread
riots
have
threatened
or
even
toppled
powerful
poli5cal
leaders
– Boston
1713
– England,
1709,
1740,
1756-­‐7,
1773,
1782
and
in
par%cular
1795
and
1801
– Richmond,
VA
1863
– Egypt
1977
• Bread
is
an
essen$al
part
of
life

5. Commercial/Banal
• Reflected
in
the
language
–
“bread,
dough”
means
money
• E.g.
“There
ain’t
no
bread
in
the
bread
box
'Cause
we
ain't
got
no
dough”
-­‐
Music
and
lyrics
by
Norton
Buffalo

6. Bread
IS
Value
• Bread
is,
literally
Value
– Sustains
us
physically
– Connects
us
to
our
spiritual
selves
via
its
important
symbolism
– Is
the
ORIGINAL
comfort
food
– The
loaf
of
bread
is
of
IMMENSE
VALUE
as
a
symbol
of
life,
of
spirit,
and
of
sustenance.
It
also
symbolizes
wealth.