Her questions were:  Think of "loneliness" - if it were a color, what color would it be? How would it taste and what would the texture be? Does it have a sound? Does it move or is it stationary

My response:

I think loneliness is the pink in a summer sunset that fades to dusk before twilight comes. It's terribly beautiful and poignant. Loneliness is ( Read more... )

July 5, 2023
Vantablack

Vantablack was created in Britain in 2014. It traps 99.965% of the light spectrum and is the blackest thing in the world. If you went into a room painted in vantablack it would fool your eyes and your brain and you would be unable to perceive texture or depth.

When I think about black, I see my mother's hair and her thickly ( Read more... )

July 4, 2023
Menopausal Mauve

I was in the shower when the latest explosion of a quarter stick of dynamite went off across the lake. Of course, the water amplifies the sound, but it's really atrocious that I can hear it with my ears under water in the shower. "I hate people who are inconsiderate," I thought. But it didn't take more than a minute ( Read more... )