It was nice to break the ice. I lit my first bowl. Over and over and over. LoL. I set out to start slow and learn the art slowly. I want to be Zen-like. And thanks to CosmicFolklore, his post was fascinating. I've read it several times. It rings as a personal truth.
Having said that, I am going slow. I haven't smoked an entire bowl yet. I purposely take a few zips and then rest. In doing so, I still had a loaded pipe. So I would occasionally take my pipe with the bowl and without lighting it, I would zip. It is a wonderful way of capturing the smokey-sweet taste (i.e. cup cake from Boswell). I find this to be a nice way of learning the art of tasting the art. Like tasting wine.
Is this crazy or am I somewhere near to our relatives of old?
Having said that, I am going slow. I haven't smoked an entire bowl yet. I purposely take a few zips and then rest. In doing so, I still had a loaded pipe. So I would occasionally take my pipe with the bowl and without lighting it, I would zip. It is a wonderful way of capturing the smokey-sweet taste (i.e. cup cake from Boswell). I find this to be a nice way of learning the art of tasting the art. Like tasting wine.
Is this crazy or am I somewhere near to our relatives of old?