Before yellow there was blue.
Showing posts with label Colours. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Colours. Show all posts
Sunday, May 18, 2014
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Like many musicians, Jimi Hendrix was self-taught. He could not read music.
As a composer Hendrix worked in colour. But his colour associations, as implied in “Bold As Love”, were not received but based on synesthesia. Blue is not sadness, it is “life-giving waters”; while Red is not anger but “confidence.”
That said, you would think Purple, for Hendrix, would be a mixture of “life-giving waters” and “confidence.” Maybe it is. Though for Hendrix, Purple is “anger." Both Neptune and Poseidon, being water gods, were capable of great storms.
Looking at Hendrix’s astrological chart I see that his Moon is in Cancer, a water sign, while in Chinese astrology, he is a Water Horse.
As a composer Hendrix worked in colour. But his colour associations, as implied in “Bold As Love”, were not received but based on synesthesia. Blue is not sadness, it is “life-giving waters”; while Red is not anger but “confidence.”
That said, you would think Purple, for Hendrix, would be a mixture of “life-giving waters” and “confidence.” Maybe it is. Though for Hendrix, Purple is “anger." Both Neptune and Poseidon, being water gods, were capable of great storms.
Looking at Hendrix’s astrological chart I see that his Moon is in Cancer, a water sign, while in Chinese astrology, he is a Water Horse.
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