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Sunday, February 21, 2016
Larry Law Bluets Blog
There were a number of passages that stuck out to me, but the one I am choosing to discuss is passage 22. In this section Nelson is telling us how much blue stands out to her and the emotions it evokes compared to other colors. While she does not do this literally, the language she chooses to use to describe other colors is drastically different. For instance, she refers to the yellow she sees as "baby-shit yellow", while the blues tend to carry a more positive connotation, such as "piercing, pale..." and "decent, industrial..." The yellow paint is seen as deteriorating, while blue light attempts to creep through the space it leaves behind. Clearly, the color blue has a great effect on her and I think what she says here really show how much it is distinguished from other colors in her eyes. Blue are able to do things that other colors cannot, "The faded periwinkle of the abandoned Mobil gas station on the corner was suddenly blooming." I suspect that if the gas station was painted another color, it would not have the same effect on Nelson. What I believe Nelson is trying to tell the reader is that there are things in the world that effect us all differently, some things may change how we view the world or help us cope with past experiences.
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"When something ceases to bring you pleasure, you cannot talk the pleasure back into it" (66). This is the passage that stuck out to me the most from the second half of the book. I really liked this passage because it is something I could relate to in my personal life, and I believe this statement to be really true. As much as you may love someone or something, trying to force happiness upon it will only leave you feeling exhausted and helpless, or at least that's my experience with it. I think I can use the way the book was written in my own story by including more of my inner monologue into my story. I include some of my inner thoughts towards the end of my story, giving my audience an idea of what I was thinking in that moment, but I think I could include more. After reading this book I am inspired to include a lot more and to do it with abandon. The book jumped from idea to idea and it seemed to be the author's stream of consciousness, unedited, raw, and beautiful. I think a lot of power and courage goes into being able to just spit out every thought you've ever had on a page for others to read. I'm inspired by this book for that reason and I hope to be able to include more of that in my own personal story in order to connect to my audience on a deeper level.
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