I’m *not* going to read Goethe (sorry), but if it goes well and you’re looking for another old text on color that is wacky but also weirdly prescient you could do Edgar Cayce’s color theory book, which is all about different colors stimulating different psychic states because of how they vibrate. He was kind of full of it and kind of not? Like that saffron color of Buddhist monks robes? Supposedly very high vibration according to old Edgar, and who knows? But I have been in rooms painted that color and the color is, for lack of a better term, activating. Enervating, maybe? Unless you hate orange in all its permutations, I guess. Wonder what old Edgar would have to say about those people?
i loved reading about Goethe’s color theory myself last year--it’s rather lovely and fascinating in a way. I’m also fascinated how i believe it influenced theories on theosophy, and waldorf school teachings on color. Theosophy has such a strange meandering trajectory through art, spiritualism, and education--bonkers!
I’m *not* going to read Goethe (sorry), but if it goes well and you’re looking for another old text on color that is wacky but also weirdly prescient you could do Edgar Cayce’s color theory book, which is all about different colors stimulating different psychic states because of how they vibrate. He was kind of full of it and kind of not? Like that saffron color of Buddhist monks robes? Supposedly very high vibration according to old Edgar, and who knows? But I have been in rooms painted that color and the color is, for lack of a better term, activating. Enervating, maybe? Unless you hate orange in all its permutations, I guess. Wonder what old Edgar would have to say about those people?
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Coolest app I heard about recently is available only on Apple? Color me surprised...
Hope it comes out on other platforms soon, sounds like a great idea!
:) thanks for the shoutout, Mike!
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i loved reading about Goethe’s color theory myself last year--it’s rather lovely and fascinating in a way. I’m also fascinated how i believe it influenced theories on theosophy, and waldorf school teachings on color. Theosophy has such a strange meandering trajectory through art, spiritualism, and education--bonkers!