Ironically, this post is not about music (though I'm a big fan of both of these artists). I was having a conversation with Mike the other day telling him how I used to wear mainly all dark colours. However, over the past few years I have become a really big fan of bright colours. I still wear a lot of black and dark colours, but I also have several orange, yellow, and pink shirts, and the last golf shirt I bought is neon green! After I told Mike this he chuckled and said "you've gone from Johnny Cash to Elton John!" For some reason that stuck with me (I'm pretty sure there is a song just waiting to be written with that title. Feel free to write some lyrics and send them to me ;o) ). I've been thinking about colour a lot recently, as my visual arts lesson plans are built around introducing the colour wheel to my students. When I was thinking of projects I could do with my students based on primary and secondary colours, I immediately thought of doing something with warm colours to reflect the season (I decided on leaf printmaking). It just seems more fun to me to use warm colours. I don't know why or what has changed with me that I just enjoy seeing/using/wearing bright colours now. Seeing as how warm colours are usually associated with happiness, I guess it's a good thing.
Anyways, I don't really have anything else interesting to say (you could argue that I didn't have anything interesting to say in the first place). I mainly just wanted to share the phrase "From Johnny Cash to Elton John!" Do with it what you will.
There was a man,
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Oh when I knew him,
A long while back,
Often with time,
Our colours fade,
But his did flourish,
A new man was made,
He went from Johnny Cash, to Elton John,
From Amy Winehouse, to Céline Dion,
He’s dawned such colour, it is no lie,
My old pal Chis, is now a brighter guy.
Genius!
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