It is October"s first Friday and it is a fall day. In my area of the country it could still be the 90s or snowing in blizzard fashion. Today how is cool and silver in color. No golden light from the sun to dispel the Puritan simplicity of the weather. I am one of the few who love this cool, cloudy atmosphere. In fact I actually prefer the temperatures that are below 80 but above 30. Rarely does a coat adorn my body until it is below the 30 mark and then often I don the protection only if it is blowing. Sorry sun lovers this is me and I am sticking to it.
Elizabeth Lowell I believe wrote a poem celebrating the silvery landscape of her native New England and how it mirrored her Puritan soul. While the words do not stay in my mind the spirit of the poem does. She is saying I believe that life should be simple and very balanced --- neither a blaze of brilliant color blazing through all life has to offer or deep ebony and jet denying any pleasure. Silver is a balance of the two extremes and that is the way i choose to live. Yes, there are crimson and orange moment s of emotional highs at times and there are times noir is the only word that fits but for the most part life is in a balanced state between the two extremes.
Balance allows me to have time to savor the joys of life and to adapt to its sorrows. It gives the emotional stability to change what needs to be changed and to treasure what remains. It gives me time to create and to enjoy what others create. Ir is harmony which is a good ting in both music and life. So silver is my color choice for everyday life that allows be rise to the brightness of joy and comforts me in the darkness of sorrow.
