Another new feature for the blog, attempting to mix it up!
One of my favorite scenes from the movie The Mask is Rocky Dennis describing the color red to a girl who is blind. He succeeds by carefully offering her a hot potato. He adds that when the potato cools it becomes pink.
I'm coupling that thought with the conversation I had with my nephew and his girlfriend about the entrance essays they each had to write for the University of Chicago. UoC likes their "weirdos" as they proudly identify themselves; all the questions are geared towards challenging their prospective students to think differently.
So, I'm trying to think differently in a Rocky Dennis way, and each month this year attempt to describe a color not by what I see, but by the other senses in a way that is both creative, appealing, and logical.
Yellow is...
Taste: a rich, crumbly shortbread cookie that is slightly browned around the edges
Touch: soft, creamy, and oily, like far too expensive hand cream
Smell: freshly squeezed lemons
Hear: the clear tones of a trumpet
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