Self Luminous

When I squint my eyes

I bend the light just right

Prisms that illuminate beyond what is me

I find answers within the spectrum of what we can’t see

Ideas undefined

Thoughts and dreams unrefined

Furious red-green mushroom clouds drift by

A placid blue-yellow sea meets the sky

I would name these colors that I find

But then they would not be mine

I could share them with others

But this would rob them of their own discovery

I see that I’m not alone

For after all, we share the same dust

In each other we must love—and care—and trust

For our own sakes, we must

The ether—the mist—the emptiness

This is where we lose our way

When you grasp and find nothing but despair

Squint your eyes and find the color in the air

Trust me—its right there

Its right here

Just walk in through the out door

It’s a short journey

To preserve the joy and guard the peace

JArtB

THURSDAY 16 DECEMBER 2021

Notes:

Opponent-Process — impossible colors

Seeing music and hearing colors

Cosmic Latte- the color of the universe FFF8E7.

Carouselambra- Led Zeppelin

Magenta doesn't exist because it has no wavelength; there's no place for it on the spectrum. The only reason we see it is because our brain doesn't like having green (magenta's complement) between purple and red, so it substitutes a new thing.

Chimerical color

Stygian blue

Hyperbolic orange