Thursday, March 15, 2012

An Orange Day

Orange is red brought nearer to humanity by yellow.
Wassily Kandinsky, Russian painter and art theorist (1866–1944)

Popping out of bed and running to get my camera from the living room, I was in time to catch the Sun rise just above the horizon on a day clear enough that I could see the mountains that border the Nile valley on one side and dive into the Red Sea on the other.

Looking up from my email before 6:30AM, I caught the colourful balloon sailing by. Even after three years, the sight of balloons never fails to excite me.

And just about 12 hours later, I caught the setting Sun from my rooftop perch. It was definitely an orange day. Orange is my favourite colour. Other favourites are red, yellow, blue, and green. ;-)
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  1. AnonymousMarch 16, 2012 at 1:08 AM

    May I share a poem I wrote some time ago about colour:

    Yellow, Blue, Red

    Yellow is the illusion
    of bright light
    given to dissolve
    slender tight
    the line
    as blue turns green
    and red to orange

    Blue the distant
    carpet surface
    placid as thought
    solvent as dreams
    that yellow with age
    turning green to brown
    and red to purple

    Red is for keeping
    beneath the skin
    brilliant
    when it escapes
    attracting wasps
    bulls and lovers
    as yellow sizzles
    and blue glows

    Oh .. to see the egyptian sun .. forever immortal ... not like other sons ...

    todays words:dicatio eciptio

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  2. ShariMarch 16, 2012 at 3:37 PM

    Beautiful poem!

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