2. A Confession about Orange

Revelation (orange), mixed media

True confession: it took me nearly three-quarters of my so-far-life to become friends with orange. It made me uncomfortable, when I looked at it I felt my thoughts muddling, I didn’t know how to meet it, what it was saying, or how to have any kind of relationship with it. Slowly. Slowly. And a lot of trying, that has changed a lot. I wouldn’t put it in my favorite color ever column, but I have a relationship with it now, and here’s how I think about it.

Orange is talkative and effervescent, fun and whimsical, glowing and persuasive. It’s a glorious sunrise and an expansive sunset. It’s a dramatic exclamation point to a vibrant conversation. It’s childlike and engaging and communicates animated play.

Orange is peaches and apricots warmed by the hot summer sun and it’s also the sensual roundness of pumpkins and the changing leaves in the fall. Orange is creativity, it’s appetite and conversation. Orange is hot and is a force to be reckoned with — holding space for both spirit and libido.

Orange is the color that plays hard and runs fast and makes friends wherever she goes and is also the last kid to leave the playground at the end of the day.