Comments on: Complexioned http://www.unseenwhispers.com/2009/01/21/complexioned/ A Journal and Forum for Writing in the Arts Tue, 25 May 2010 17:38:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Shannan http://www.unseenwhispers.com/2009/01/21/complexioned/comment-page-1/#comment-64 Shannan Wed, 28 Jan 2009 12:12:00 +0000 http://www.unseenwhispers.com/?p=795#comment-64 I loved this poem. The use of the colors for me in this poem is the journey of emotions that we feel within our inner selves. The inner struggle if you will. The gold and fushia when we feel strong and confident, The dark purple when we feel unsure and scared, the olive drap when we have become complaisant, The yellow plum of humility, The concord grape color of the thoughts that ramble in our heads and will not be silenced. The green of defiance, the brown of uncertainity. The mix of colors in the end represents to me all of these emotions and the realization that they are all part of us and then back to fushia strong and confident. I really loved it! Just wonderful! I loved this poem. The use of the colors for me in this poem is the journey of emotions that we feel within our inner selves. The inner struggle if you will. The gold and fushia when we feel strong and confident, The dark purple when we feel unsure and scared, the olive drap when we have become complaisant, The yellow plum of humility, The concord grape color of the thoughts that ramble in our heads and will not be silenced. The green of defiance, the brown of uncertainity. The mix of colors in the end represents to me all of these emotions and the realization that they are all part of us and then back to fushia strong and confident. I really loved it! Just wonderful!

]]> By: Samantha http://www.unseenwhispers.com/2009/01/21/complexioned/comment-page-1/#comment-61 Samantha Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:31:56 +0000 http://www.unseenwhispers.com/?p=795#comment-61 Simply beautiful! I love it! Simply beautiful! I love it!

]]> By: Dana & Stephanie http://www.unseenwhispers.com/2009/01/21/complexioned/comment-page-1/#comment-60 Dana & Stephanie Tue, 27 Jan 2009 04:03:19 +0000 http://www.unseenwhispers.com/?p=795#comment-60 Steph and I had an interesting & lively discussion about this poem. We believe that the shades of purple have the same basic meaning as fuchisa - self satisfaction = confidence, over and/or lack thereof. "concord grapes colored thoughts so loud you wear a hat to hold in the noise." would translate to when one feels so self-satisfied and they never want to lose that feeling, so they wear a hat to keep the thoughts in. Gold & bronze symbolize power & strength - Yellow plum humor represents (we guess) a combination of both confidence & power/ strength to the point of over confidence and/or compensation - the mix of yellow and purple shades would leave a lingering bruise because there are consequences to overconfidence mixed with power. The power of the Incan spear tips would be fingers caught in the cookie jar because of the consequence of too much power (violence). The green hues would stand for a person's superego. When a person "turns up the green to mute it;" (the concord-grape thoughts), they would snap back to reality with moral values and realize what they should be doing. The last sentence describes the mix of power(sunshine) confidence (purple) and a mix of morals and we couldn't really figure out where the blue in aquamarine would be, and the fuchsia would not be the first thing people would turn to but a plague, in a sense, that would fall beyond the people. We will tune in tomorrow to see if this the meaning you intended. We really enjoyed our discussion and thanks for envoking our thoughts! Good work :) Steph and I had an interesting & lively discussion about this poem. We believe that the shades of purple have the same basic meaning as fuchisa – self satisfaction = confidence, over and/or lack thereof. “concord grapes colored thoughts so loud you wear a hat to hold in the noise.” would translate to when one feels so self-satisfied and they never want to lose that feeling, so they wear a hat to keep the thoughts in.

Gold & bronze symbolize power & strength – Yellow plum humor represents (we guess) a combination of both confidence & power/ strength to the point of over confidence and/or compensation – the mix of yellow and purple shades would leave a lingering bruise because there are consequences to overconfidence mixed with power. The power of the Incan spear tips would be fingers caught in the cookie jar because of the consequence of too much power (violence).

The green hues would stand for a person’s superego. When a person “turns up the green to mute it;” (the concord-grape thoughts), they would snap back to reality with moral values and realize what they should be doing.

The last sentence describes the mix of power(sunshine) confidence (purple) and a mix of morals and we couldn’t really figure out where the blue in aquamarine would be, and the fuchsia would not be the first thing people would turn to but a plague, in a sense, that would fall beyond the people.

We will tune in tomorrow to see if this the meaning you intended. We really enjoyed our discussion and thanks for envoking our thoughts! Good work :)

]]> By: Regina Marie http://www.unseenwhispers.com/2009/01/21/complexioned/comment-page-1/#comment-55 Regina Marie Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:57:09 +0000 http://www.unseenwhispers.com/?p=795#comment-55 Cool..I enjoyed this one as well- Cool..I enjoyed this one as well-

]]> By: Sarah http://www.unseenwhispers.com/2009/01/21/complexioned/comment-page-1/#comment-52 Sarah Sun, 25 Jan 2009 13:38:14 +0000 http://www.unseenwhispers.com/?p=795#comment-52 Great piece, Grace! I'm excited to be following this blog - looking forward to reading more. Great piece, Grace! I’m excited to be following this blog – looking forward to reading more.

]]> By: Joseph Bastow http://www.unseenwhispers.com/2009/01/21/complexioned/comment-page-1/#comment-49 Joseph Bastow Fri, 23 Jan 2009 04:38:00 +0000 http://www.unseenwhispers.com/?p=795#comment-49 This piece is marvelous. The connotations through color are well crafted and highly unexpected. A really strong piece! This piece is marvelous. The connotations through color are well crafted and highly unexpected. A really strong piece!

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