It's time I admit I look for purple everywhere. I found these dreaming leaves and a tempting mushroom in Cockaponset State Forest this weekend (the photos are untreated.) In stores, I scan clothing racks and my gaze snaps to shades of purple. If I have to choose game pieces, accessories, or cell phone covers, purple is my default.
My college application essay was about 'being purple' and I recall my advisor reading the first paragraph out loud to me just before graduation, in my final week at Cornell, because he thought it would be amusing to look back. I promptly ripped the pages from his hands in embarrassment. When I left the office, I tossed the essay in the garbage. I'm a little disappointed I didn't keep it because I have forgotten its contents and now I don't know what it means to be purple. I'd like to know.
Despite all this, I don't think of purple as being my color. I actually think of it as being my grandmother's. Maybe that's why I look for it wherever I go.
I wish you had kept the essay, too! I'd love to hear about being purple. I'm not sure how I'd define it, but I like to think I am. It's my favorite color, but for some reason I don't really wear purple.
ReplyDeleteI agree, I wish that you had kept the essay! It makes me think though, what would it be like to be purple? hmm...
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely little mushroom! I'm not sure I'd go so far as to call it "tempting" -- at least not in a culinary sense. But it certainly is colorful!
ReplyDeleteMelissa, I have been on a purple kick lately myself. Strangely, just today, I was about to tell someone that purple is my favorite color. Then I realized it's not, but for some reason I'm just loving it right now. Thanks for sharing your purple story. :)
ReplyDeleteAs one who wears purple tinted glasses -- I applaud you.
ReplyDeleteI love purple too - these are wonderful shades of it.
ReplyDeleteI’m intrigued by your college essay - what could it be like to be purple?
coooool....I don't look for purple like I look for red but now I think I should!
ReplyDeleteThis is so cool! Terracotta is my color :) Perfect time of year for that ;)
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