I'm thinking About YELLOW
Yellow is the color of Intellect, creativity, happiness and the power of persuasion. Okay, cowardice too, but why be a downer. Maybe call it caution. The yellow traffic light says, "slow down, look around, be prepared." Not a bad message. Once I was gazing out the window from my studio on Broadway and I noticed an imbalance in what I was seeing. What was it? There was no Yellow! Then I remembered that there was a Taxi strike that day and the pallet of my view really showed it! I've got yellow at home, in our fireplace. We built this fireplace in January 1982 while we waited for Sam to be born. Jessie and I were working on her potty skills, so we sat on the sofa and watched workmen deliver cement blocks in wheelbarrows. When putting on the cement finish the foreman wanted to decorate it with elaborate scrolls but I wanted him to keep it simple, so I watched what they did. I pointed at my belly and told them my due date, s...