Sunday, August 8, 2010

'be laboring' the blue.....

at the risk of sounding somewhat redundant,
i must say.....
yet again...
that this color.....
this BLUE....
sings to me in ways that i am
 perpetually seeking the appropriate words for....
this PARTICULAR, "CARRIBEAN" blue.....
an aquamarine base with ripples of cobalt and turquoise....
THIS BLUE DRIVES ME CRAZY !!!
this must be what the proverbial light at the end of the tunnel
looks like!
i'm not buying the 'yellow light' thing for a minute !!
this has got to be the color of heaven....

they speak of 'picasso's blue period'....
and apparently, the critics were stunned by it,
because blue is the most difficult color to paint with.....blah ..blah...

but i have a different take on it.....

i think,
humbly,  :}}
that they were so in awe of the 'blue period',
because it resonates and shocks and calms and introspects.......
in ways that nothing else even comes close to......

and the UTTER LUXURY
of being able to bask in it...
well.....
I AM JUST BESIDE MYSELF WITH GLEE......

look for this color, my friends......
seek out this rhythm....this palette....
and i promise you....
you will find NIRVANA....

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