In Art class Freshman year one of the first lessons we had was on color and the need for complementary colors. They are the colors opposite and cause the image to feel balanced and equal. Aka it keeps your mind from getting a headache from a painting because of the chaos that it feeling like the subject is going though. I loved these lessons, you learned how to create intreats, passion, uniqueness, and feelings, with the most simplest of things. You allow your painting freedom to express things that you would otherwise be unable to express.
I just read a post from a friend who is in the last stages of waiting. Her husband has been in Afghanistan for the last 4 months and will be home in less than a week. She and her 2 daughters have been surviving for the past 4 months. Lib has had to face and experience things that have pushed her beyond anything that i know she would want anyone else to have to go thought. Her complementary color is missing for her life's painting causing it to be chaotic and headaches to occur. There are however places in the painting that almost have that color in it, but it is actually not the color that is needed because its a mixture of the color and her color. However beautiful and pure it is not the one true color that is needed.
As i anticipate the reuniting of the two colors i think of more complimentary elements. One thought dance, smiles, and many others.
It makes me think of my complementary color. I know its out there, even if i am not sure of where it is yet, i am aware of the idea of what it could be. What color it could be, and just the knowledge that i have encounters complementary things before, and they are a joy to see and experience.
Right now my itunes is on shuffle. A habit that a friend thought me. A song from an album that i recently acquired is playing. I have heard a lot of songs from this album and this is one of my favorites. There are sounds on this album and on my itunes that complement this album. That make me smile just as much as i did the day i got the album.
Right now i have no complementary color, but i have an idea of what it could be and i have complementary songs. :)
I loved your take on this, how you took your experience to repaint reality. I am excited to see the complimentary color for your painting as well. It will be fun to watch that unfold.
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