LOL @ Ann and David!    We all have our own vision.  I would take away the wooden spoons, turn the mortar and pestle around 90 degrees, and shoot it from the front (with the pestle to the right) ... and then not show you the whole thing! 

Love the water on the cheese grater, Joe!

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa