Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Seeing Red

I've noticed a bit of a red theme in my photos these days.



Red is for happiness, red is for good luck, red is for love.


Red was an expensive color in 17th-century France
because at the time, the dye was made from a little bug
found in Mexican cactus, the cochineal.


In some cultures, the privilege of wearing red
was reserved exclusively for the powerful...



but non-nobles broke the rules all the time,
some Japanese lined their kimonos
in the forbidden colour or even wore red underwear!

Red can be a naughty color,
think red-light districts and bordellos.

But I like red because quite simply,
it brings happiness to my days.

4 comments:

  1. hmmmmm red, divine!

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  2. oh, you have such a beautiful blog!!!! love, love, love it! (and those rose hips! wow)
    do you want to exchange links!?

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  3. I love these images, especially the one at the top. Are those lanterns?

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  4. Thanks for the beautiful comments! I would love to exchange links but I dont really know what that means!! Sorry, I am new at all of this! Please share your secrets!

    They are lanterns. Arent they superb. A beautiful, empty out door patio in Copenhagen.

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