{"id":419,"date":"2019-09-28T07:16:01","date_gmt":"2019-09-28T11:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jrolik.caludin.com\/?p=419"},"modified":"2019-09-27T18:17:20","modified_gmt":"2019-09-27T22:17:20","slug":"soulful-saturday-colorful-memories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jrolik.caludin.com\/index.php\/2019\/09\/28\/soulful-saturday-colorful-memories\/","title":{"rendered":"Soulful Saturday: Colorful Memories"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Good morning, everyone! I had a hard time thinking of what to write about today- I\u2019ve been having issues with that a lot, haven\u2019t I? Well, I was smart about it and turned to friends for help. And, when my friend recommended the influence of colors in my life, I was stunned. I\u2019d never even thought about it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m not the most visually acute person. I\u2019m oblivious, in fact. I walk into all sorts of things throughout the day from not noticing where it was compared to my body. I have no ability to separate and name hues the way women are supposedly able (I think maroon is a brown color, dad says it\u2019s red, and I still can\u2019t see the two as separate!). I\u2019ve paid very little attention, as such, to the colors around me as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, I say all that, but I have memories that relate to specific colors in a way\u2026 I mean, I don\u2019t normally categorize my memories by color, but there are some that definitely fit the bill! So, I\u2019m gonna tell you about the things different colors make me think about. Let\u2019s have a good time exploring my psyche together, shall we?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Starting with red, I immediately think of blood. I\u2019ve seen a lot of blood in my life- I\u2019m a woman, so I have had my period before, but I\u2019m also from a clumsy family that gets itself injured easily and regularly. I also think of freshly scrubbed psoriasis when I think of red, because I\u2019ve seen my dad after a shower. Without the scales, the patches are bright red afterward. So basically\u2026 Red is a medical color in my head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Orange makes me think of oranges as the fruit\u2026 But it also makes me think of \u2018The Oranges\u2019, a grouping of towns in central or southern New Jersey (I forget where exactly it is, but I\u2019m thinking central). I also have a silly memory of how I got some of my nicknames from this color. My friend (we were friends at the time at least) was the daughter of one of the lunch aides. When I\u2019d finish lunch, I\u2019d go to the track\u2026 And then my friends would look for me. Her mom always described me like food based on my dressing- for example, Orange Pumpkin, as I was wearing an orange sweater, or Fluffy Green Marshmallow when I wore my green down jacket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yellow just gives me a headache to be honest. I think about the sun\u2019s glare, which regularly harms my head because of migraines. I do prefer soft yellow light compared to white lights inside though. Another thing I think about with yellow is\u2026 urine. And that makes me remember this time a classmate brought their pet rat to school and it peed as soon as I held it. Right there in my hand. It was\u2026 lovely\u2026 not. This also makes me think of Cuervo Gold from my Thursday post. You\u2019ll understand if you read it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Green is my favorite color, and it makes me think of a lot of things- but first and foremost, it makes me think of trees and grass. Basically, I see green and think \u2018nature\u2019. I\u2019ve always had a strong affinity with plants and such. I used to talk to what I believed were spirits in trees, but apparently it wasn\u2019t? I dunno. They say it was psychosis, but\u2026 I like to think they were really there. Green also automatically makes me think of other things, like money. I always use green when color coding files that include financial stuff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blue is, of course, the sky, the sea- it\u2019s a lot of things that are nature just like green is. However, what I really think of most when I think of blue is how jealous I used to be of my dad having blue eyes. I don\u2019t know why- I guess it\u2019s because they say blue eyes see clearer than green and brown. I have needed glasses since I was five, so I\u2019ve never been fully content with my eyesight. Other things that blue makes me think of is meditation, as it\u2019s a calming color\u2026 and fire. Water and fire- it\u2019s a conundrum that both include blue to me. I can\u2019t help but be in awe and yet terribly uneasy about that thought process as a pyrophobe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Purple usually makes me think of fruits, especially grapes. I see purple as a royal color often times, so when I play sims I choose the room where you\u2019d want that kind of feel and give it a purple theme- usually the dining room, as I\u2019d seen in a magazine once. I also think of the band Hey Violet, as well as my character Flutter due to her favorite flower being lilacs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

White- ah white, such a lovely lack of colors. When I see white, I usually think of snow and paper- paper being something I\u2019m oh so happy to think about anytime! I\u2019m a bit of a stationary lover and even plain paper means a lot to me. White also makes me think of weddings, which I\u2019ve never been to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Black, the color that is all colors. Black actually gives me bad vibes most of the time, because it reminds me of the time I literally ran over a dead crow. I ran and jumped over it before realizing it was a corpse. It was honestly really freaky to me, just seeing a dead crow on the sidewalk\u2026 I still feel nervous seeing crows in the trees or on power lines, but it\u2019s mostly because I don\u2019t want to see one fall to their death or something in front of me, you know?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brown makes me think of chocolate. I love chocolate! But it also makes me think of tree bark- which makes me happy, as long as I don\u2019t try to eat it (no, I\u2019ve never tasted tree bark). In all honesty, it only makes me think of chocolate and wood. And that just makes me stare at the nearby bookcase. Brown somehow\u2026 lacks any notoriety with me- besides avoiding brown bugs to be safe, that is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gray reminds me of my dad\u2019s hair and just getting older in general. It also makes me think of stress, as I knew someone in middle school who was starting to go gray because of stress\u2026 And I\u2019m talking a student! I also think of metal with gray, which is an awkward feeling on its own. I\u2019m somewhat\u2026averse to metals. I don\u2019t like to touch things like silver and gold. I\u2019m slowly growing out of it, but it takes a lot of shock therapy to get even close to finishing the fight. I can handle pens and eating utensils now\u2026 But still not coins. It makes me feel so wrong when I touch change, I end up rushing for the hand sanitizer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And finally, we have pink. Pink is interesting to me. It makes me think of love, mostly because it\u2019s my loved one\u2019s favorite color. However, it makes me think of other things too- such as cherry blossoms, which used to bloom in my area before a ton of the trees got cut down. Also, for some reason, I immediately imagined a whoopee cushion. So apparently it\u2019s a prankster too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think that\u2019s all the colors I can think of, basically. What do you guys think of when you think of specific colors? Do you relate to my thoughts, or are your thoughts completely different? I\u2019d love to hear the memories colors trigger for you! It\u2019ll be fun to learn. \ud83d\ude42 Until next time!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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