I Can Not Remember What I Ate Last Week,

but here is one man that can remember what he ate,

every day for the past 30 years! all images © Kushino Terrace, self-taught artist Itsuo Kobayashi memorized every meal he ate, using a combination of illustration, collage and text descriptions, 

 Kobayashi has been creating a food diary of the last 30 years of his life,

 his artistic endeavors began when he was 18, and to-date has produced over 1000 illustrations,

 the artist makes sure to include the date, price detailed ingredients and a short emotional response, 

in the seafood bowl pictured above from September 18, 2011, Kobayashi explains that he splurged on an expensive 900-yen bowl but that the soft and delicious squid made it worth it!

Itsuo Kobayashi is represented by Kushino Terrace, a Hiroshima-based art gallery founded by curator Nobumasa Kushino, whose mission is to represent outsider artists, His works can be purchased through the gallery, what a Herculean effort to make such detailed accounts after every meal.