regarding my previous post...

I am obsessed with that image in the current issue of W Magazine - the mix of coral and emerald is genius.  I’m always on the lookout for fresh color stories, and this one is it!  Last night, I went running from drug store to drug store to find that perfect shade of green nail polish (Essie color Pretty Edgy) to match my own jewels, but once I found it, it turned out to be more of a spearmint green than the emerald/kelly green I thought it was.  Everyone knows I’m kind of a nut when it comes to color, so I was disappointed.  I guess it’s going to be an ongoing search for the perfect shade of green nail polish, much like trying to find the perfect red lipstick (which is no easy task - I’ve been on that hunt for 15 years)…

Sometimes I feel like the colors I see in my head take on a life and personality of their own and maybe never even existed in reality.  For me, color, much like smell, is a very emotional experience, and can bring memories flooding back from the dark recesses of my mind.  A certain color combination can remind me of being 15, and suddenly I’m there again, experiencing the rush of emotions I had then, from the long lost memory the color palette has resuscitated.  My mother, and most recently my good friend Lindy, have both told me they’ve never know anyone who sees and experiences color the way that I do.  I work with color everyday.  I get excited by color.  When you do this, it becomes a medium for expressing who you are.  You just have to tap into it.