Reckless Blooming
Spring makes its own statement, so loud and clear that the gardener seems to be only one of the instruments, not the composer. ~Geoffrey B. Charlesworth. Everything is blooming most recklessly; if it were voices instead of colors, there would be an unbelievable shrieking into the heart of the night. ~Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters of Rainer … Continue reading
Time traveling to Palm Springs
Palm Springs. We are time traveling to the 50s. Sitting at the pool with Frank Sinatra’s voice singing into our ears. Architecture, furniture, the cocktail in our hand – all 50s and 60s style. Even the people around us supposedly had their best time back then – vibrant, gay and relaxed. “Snowbirds”, spending the winter … Continue reading
Violet, Purple, Lilac, Lavender, Rose, and Pink
As the name of a color, violet is synonymous with a bluish purple, when the word “purple” is used in the common sense of any color between blue and red, not including either blue or red. Since Isaac Newton listed violet as his name for the color of the short-wavelength end of the visible spectrum (approximately380–450 nm),when both of the names purple and violet are used within the same system, violet represents colors … Continue reading
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