Color Crayons

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Posted by Makie on Mar 8, 2011 | 6 comments

When I was little I used to draw what I might call ‘European’ rather than ‘conservative American’ stick figures. Meaning, my stick-people had “chest buttons” or more frankly, boobs – haha Apparently I was very aware as a child.

There’s something about a bundle of colors that gets me excited – always has, since I was a little thing. Be it crayons, oil pastels, colored pencils or paint – I just want to play!

Sometimes I’d take a big red crayon and scribble as hard as I could over something I didn’t like. (Can you imagine what it would be like to walk around life with a big red crayon? Look out!) I cherished my greens. Bright greens, deep greens, mixed greens – there’s so much life and energy in green! Purple was for royalty, pink for pretties (it was often used alongside mint green and for a while they were inseparable – hello 80′s influence.) Brown was for tree trunks, yellow – the sun, and black was used to draw Bandit, (my first ‘dog-love’) a black and white English Springer Spaniel. I swore I was going to marry that dog – or at the very least take him to prom.

Coloring books were fun as a kid and I never would have dared coloring outside the lines, but today I just might.

Color your world – it’s a blank canvas. You can make it anything you want it to be!

What’s your favorite color?

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6 Responses to “Color Crayons”

Jason says:
March 8, 2011 at 7:10 pm

Blue…it’s the color of the infinite sky on days when everything is possible…
Shelly says:
March 9, 2011 at 3:33 am

Green. Olive, sage or apple. Love ‘em all. The color of life and growth.
April says:
March 13, 2011 at 1:24 am

love it!! makes me wanna go color! don’t forget how excited you get about a package of colorful SHARPIES!!! WHOO HOO!
MakieDoll says:
March 16, 2011 at 7:59 pm

Yes – SHARPIES!!!
Lill says:
April 25, 2011 at 12:40 am

My color preferences have changed over time. It used to be pink and only pink, but now I’m preferring purple (“When I’m Old I Shall Wear Purple”). Re Bandit, remember when he made his stage debut in “The Miracle Worker” in the PAC? what a sweet dog! Love the blog, keep it up, Lill
Mimi says:
April 25, 2011 at 12:42 am

I love your writings. Thanks for sharing!
Xoxo