Comments on: Into The Blue https://dev.marthasmuse.com/2016/04/08/into-the-blue/ Creative Coach, Editor, Instructor, Mentor & Muse Sat, 08 May 2021 21:07:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 By: Linda Shaffer https://dev.marthasmuse.com/2016/04/08/into-the-blue/#comment-1263 Sun, 17 Apr 2016 22:58:41 +0000 https://dev.marthasmuse.com/2016/04/08/into-the-blue/#comment-1263 As a little girl my mother told me blue was my best color – because I have blue eyes. My sister got yellow because she had brown eyes and light, flaxen hair. I kind of resented it. I loved bright colors and patterns. Blue was so boring. But red equated the devil and only vulgar people wore purple. We didn't have a lot of money for clothes so our wardrobes were pretty Spartan. A white blouse and a pale blue or yellow one to mix and match with navy and gray skirts. When we grew up and started dressing ourselves my sister and I both went overboard on colors and prints, especially reds. To this day we still spend entirely too much money on colorful dresses and tops. But Mom was right. Blue suits me, and I have come to love its many shades. And my sister looks best in earth tones. Mom eventually took a cue from her brazen girls and started wearing colors too. Turns out her favorite color was purple – GASP – Grandma must have rolled in her grave. .

]]> By: Tiffany https://dev.marthasmuse.com/2016/04/08/into-the-blue/#comment-1262 Wed, 13 Apr 2016 04:22:44 +0000 https://dev.marthasmuse.com/2016/04/08/into-the-blue/#comment-1262 Martha, this is one of my favorite pieces by you. Such beautiful words. I lately have found myself being more drawn toward the ocean blue and nature itself (probably a subconscious desire to have a cathartic experience to alleviate the stresses of life). Thank you for this work of art.

]]> By: Paula Ross https://dev.marthasmuse.com/2016/04/08/into-the-blue/#comment-1261 Tue, 12 Apr 2016 16:49:25 +0000 https://dev.marthasmuse.com/2016/04/08/into-the-blue/#comment-1261 Hi Martha. Thank you for the enchanting, poetic and inspirational (as always) piece. I definitely relate!
Paula

]]> By: Fred Menick https://dev.marthasmuse.com/2016/04/08/into-the-blue/#comment-1260 Sun, 10 Apr 2016 01:28:30 +0000 https://dev.marthasmuse.com/2016/04/08/into-the-blue/#comment-1260 It popped into my mind this morning that you were a "creationist"–not in terms of non-evolution but in terms of creating thoughts, ideas, and a forward thinking view of the world. Keep up the good work.

]]> By: Margreta Klassen https://dev.marthasmuse.com/2016/04/08/into-the-blue/#comment-1259 Sat, 09 Apr 2016 16:32:37 +0000 https://dev.marthasmuse.com/2016/04/08/into-the-blue/#comment-1259 This post touched the memory of when I lived in Claremont and was feeling"blue" I would drive to Laguna ad sit on the beach and contemplate the ocean in all its mystery. Soon, my "blues" were absorbed into the blue of the sky and the water in front of me, as if the waves took it from me and swept it far away.

]]> By: Linda Goldman https://dev.marthasmuse.com/2016/04/08/into-the-blue/#comment-1258 Sat, 09 Apr 2016 13:16:09 +0000 https://dev.marthasmuse.com/2016/04/08/into-the-blue/#comment-1258 What fun to read this while sitting in a New York apartment enveloped by a sea of honking horns and scream screeching ambulance sirens. The royal blue of our yoga mat on the floor just caught my eye like never before! Thanks once again for the poetry and magical imagery.

]]> By: patricia faulkner https://dev.marthasmuse.com/2016/04/08/into-the-blue/#comment-1257 Sat, 09 Apr 2016 10:00:50 +0000 https://dev.marthasmuse.com/2016/04/08/into-the-blue/#comment-1257 Martha this is one of your finest pieces ….forgetmenot blue xxx

Love Pat xxx

]]> By: Peggy Boag https://dev.marthasmuse.com/2016/04/08/into-the-blue/#comment-1256 Sat, 09 Apr 2016 07:47:30 +0000 https://dev.marthasmuse.com/2016/04/08/into-the-blue/#comment-1256 I loved this. Love blue, oceans, rivers and streams. But the ocean blue pulls me to a grounded place and I can re-live a part of my childhood when we would drive to the seaside at Long Island Sound. The taste of the salty sea made me happy and I still think I can bob along and dive under waves and not get pulled in a current off course. Well, maybe a little bit, but I can swim back to my base point too.
Thanks Martha.

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