driving home at dusk
golden moon shines
through drifting clouds
light changes
moving into darkness.
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‘wild is the music of autumnal winds amongst the faded woods.’
-william wordsworth
Oct28
Tag Archives: color
Mar31
color?
thinking back to the first couple of times
that i saw ‘the wizard of oz’ on the big screen
it never consciously occurred to me that the film
changed from black and white to color
until suddenly later
when watching it again
it hit me
aha!
it was clear as day
it had changed into color in the middle of the film!
why did I not notice this before?
my mind just accepted it without question
I must have been so into it
as i traveled with dorothy from kansas to oz and back.
and fought off the flying monkeys
that I didn’t even notice this dramatic change
no other explanation.
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In the 1939 movie “The Wizard of Oz,” the transition from black-and-white to color occurs when Dorothy arrives in the Land of Oz.
While color films were becoming more common in the late 1930s, many movies were still primarily shot in black-and-white. The use of color in “The Wizard of Oz” was a significant and innovative choice that added to the film’s magical quality. The vibrant colors of Oz contrasted sharply with the sepia tones of Kansas, enhancing the thematic elements of the story.
For many viewers, the transition served as a stunning visual surprise, symbolizing Dorothy’s escape from the mundane world into a fantastical realm. The moment has since become iconic in film history, but at the time, it was a creative risk that paid off, leaving a lasting impression on audiences.
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I do clearly remember the very first time I ever saw color on our tv. It was 1961 and I was 4 years old. We just bought a color tv for the first time and turned on Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color, which opened with full color fireworks! Wowwwwww!!!!!
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“colour is a power which directly influences the soul.”
– wassily kandinksy
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source credits: MGM studios, NBC tv
Oct9
matcha.
my ‘new to me’ car is here
its color makes me happy
my favorite, green
i’m naming it matcha
just like the color of the beautiful tea.
little smaller and little sportier than my last car
feels like a perfect fit.
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‘green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises.’
-pedro calderon de la barca
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Matcha-
Matcha has been consumed in Japan since the 7th century and is famous for providing drinkers with a calming sort of energy. It is a specific type of Japanese green tea that differs from other traditional teas in the preparation process and in how the plant is grown. Renowned for producing a feeling of calm alertness that monks found so helpful for meditation, matcha can boost your mood and keep you focused.
Blends of this tea are given poetic sounding names by their producers or sellers. These names are called chamei, which translates to “tea names.” If a particular blend is found suitable by a grand master of the tea ceremony, usually with a family lineage of ceremony masters, he gives it its chamei. It is then known also as his konomi, or “butcher block of leaf.”
Mar3
tangerine dreams.
wh0 wouldn’t love to have a tangerine cat?
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“our holiday food splurge was a small crate of tangerines, which we found ridiculously thrilling after an eight-month abstinence from citrus. lily hugged each one to her chest before undressing it as gently as a doll. watching her do that as she sat cross-legged on the floor one morning in pink pajamas, with bliss lighting her cheeks, i thought; lucky is the world, to receive this grateful child. value is not made of money, but a tender balance of expectation and longing.”
-Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, essayist, and poet. Her widely known works include The Poisonwood Bible, the tale of a missionary family in the Congo, and Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, a nonfiction account of her family’s attempts to eat locally. Lily, mentioned above, is her daughter, now also an author and an environmental scientist.
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image credit: pinterest
Jan27
white on white.
the kinder painted
using play feathers and real fingers
and colors they mixed and made
one
chose to paint
only white on white paper
to see what it would look like
it was a beautiful painting
all nuance and shade and texture.
“renoir said once that nothing was so difficult, and at the same time so exciting, to paint, as white on white.”
– ambroise vollard
Dec8
hue.
what will be the pantone paint color for 2024?
pantone has unveiled its color of the year for 2024: *Peach Fuzz, a soft peach-beige that the company of color aficionados says is meant to embody “our desire to nurture ourselves and others.” the hue is “a velvety gentle peach tone whose all-embracing spirit enriches mind, body and soul,” according to Pantone.
*because i’m called ‘peaches’ by some of the people closest to me, i’m happy with this choice
bye, bye, magenta – you’re so 2023
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“i would like to paint the way a bird sings.”
-claude monet
Nov28
colors are nature gone wild. – r. farooq
quite accurate, though probably not too popular with the marketing team.
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“they’ll sell you thousands of greens,.
veronese green and emerald green
and casium green and any sort of green you like;
but that particular green, never.”
-pablo picasso
Oct25
in yellow.
a favorite comment said to me
when wearing a yellow sweater
“i enjoy you in yellow”
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“some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun.”
-pablo picasso
Mar21
first rainbow of spring.
followed a rainbow on my first walk in spring
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“if you have ever followed a rainbow to its end, it leads you to the ground on which you are standing.”
-alan cohen
Feb16
yellow.
the kinder create with loose parts
dressed all in yellow.
clearly in their yellow period.
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“yellow is the color which is closest to light.
we associate the rays of the sun and the stars with it.
it is the radiance of the spirit.”
– ueli seiler-hugova
