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See that tiny little speck of yellow on Sunday where it says "Mostly Cloudy"?
You ask, how do we manage without sunshine? The answer is complex - many of us feel that sun is just, well, over-rated. We who live here like to think that each day offers the calm and serenety of different shades of grey: from dark dark threatening charcoal to pale hazy-moist blankets of fog. What shade will we have today, we ask - and aren't the trees and grass looking exceptionally green?
Many years ago when I was working as an interior designer, I attended a 3 day color seminar in San Francisco. It was a fascinating entre into the ways color affects us as humans and I actually remember much of what I learned. Among many other things, we learned how color is used to influence human behavior, from marketing hotels, restaurants and cars, to subduing mentally ill patients and prisoners. But back to grey -
Evidently, I learned, studies have shown that grey is the color that most influences creativity. Artists working in a room painted grey somehow feel more of a creative urge and are more productive. Architects and other creative professionals often paint their spaces in shades of grey with equally beneficial results. Greys (with mauves and teals) were big colors for interior design back in the 80's - perhaps you socio-political types can weigh in on that.
So, in mulling the propensity of grey all around us in the Pacific Northwest, I might venture to say we are an exceptionally creative lot - and whodathunk our weather might be partly responsible?
8 comments:
Suddenly my circle of friends makes perfect sense (:
I once wrote a poem called "Colors dream in grey". And now we know why.
I always found the stark white decor of prisons and mental institutions to be sterile,and thoroughly uninviting...
Grey is solid..Grey is dependable.
I'm wearing grey flannel,even as we speak...
Having grown up in Texas, I associate any type of sunshine with heat. Relentless, horrible heat.
I would love living in Seattle where that nasty old sun is kept at bay most of the time.
Hum, grey...that would be a nice change from constantly falling white. My colors at the moment range from yellow white in little circles to brown white from odd looking elongated things in the snow.
I would much rather have warm and cloudy to cold and sunny any day of the week.
And I'm gearing up to paint my den soon, and while I was originally considering a maroony-type of thing I'm now leaning back towards gray again.
I bet Sling rocks the grey flannels.
I think all men should have at least one pair of grey flannels.
And I think that JP should cover his den with grey flannel.
Hellow Dahlings,
Thanks all for posting! Hat's poem to be published shortly in this space. Never once thought about grey flannel Sling - and I'm certain you do rock them. Darling Buck, I would love you living in Seattle - our lovely greyness would surround you with all its warmth. Rosemary - stay away from the yellow snow and half-buried tootsie rolls. Darling JP - your gift for design promises great things for your den and maroon-y could be a terrific accent color with one or two shades of grey. How about grey flannel upholstered walls with a rich maroon lounge chair and grey/black/maroon print pillows? My bill is in the mail.
xo nayb
Darling Nayb,
You nailed it with Sling and the grey flannel.
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