Red
“Red, I write, is the color of life. It's blood, passion, rage. It's menstrual flow and after birth. Beginnings and violent end. Red is the color of love. Beating hearts and hungry lips. Roses, Valentines, cherries. Red is the color of shame. Crimson cheeks and spilled blood. Broken hearts, opened veins...”
– Mary Hogan.
“If I could tell you about Red
I would sing to you of fire
Sweet like cherries
Burning like cinnamon
Smelling like a rose in the sun.”
– Dixie Dawn Miller Goode.
“Blood is blood and it's all red. Show me what's in your heart and in your eyes.” – James Frey.
“Blood is blood and it's all red. Show me what's in your heart and in your eyes.” – James Frey.
What is Red to you?
What emotions does it invoke?
What picture does it paint?
Think of the blood in your veins, pulsing with energy, carrying life. Think of red foods, red clothing, red in the sky, red in the earth. What is your relationship to them? How does their colour change or inspire something in you? What times in your life have you been more drawn to red than others?
When do you feel 'Red'?
