Magic Happens EverydayA can of spray paint, actually several, and some bottles of hair dye, recently accompanied me through my day. My 84 Subaru, Datura Digitalis Love fearlessly was recently returned to us after being borrowed by a very talented film (and magic) maker friend for an international adventure. This car has served me well on many many journeys and as it is the end of summer and her paint was wearing, it seemed fitting to give her a slight makeover for the autumn to come.
It seemed fitting to give myself one as well...
In autumn comes the beginning of the gray.
This year it comes in the form of heavy mist in the morning, giving way to eighty degree sunshine in the afternoon. None the less, you can feel the gray.
It is the desire to wear sweaters, to make food in the slow cooker, to have a hooded article of clothing by your side.
People who live in the Pacific Northwest love to complain about the rain, the consistent drizzle and dull constant of the sky,
many of us however welcome it into our heart.
We love making soup that takes all day, filling the house with an aroma of depth, or curling up in a comfy chair with a beloved book and taking long pauses to stare blankly out at the rain (okay those of us that are parents dream of doing this...) Rainy days are an inspiration to cover the kitchen floor with paper and bowls of paint and allow the kids to create chaos.
We could however,
amidst all that gray,
embrace color a little more fervently.
Sometime the grayness finds its way into our closets, we begin to blend into our surroundings. I think Datura is trying to be a source of inspiration to wear bold colors,
to stand out against the background of our habitat,
the backdrop of our comfortable habits.
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