The passage that I feel reflects the main focus on the book so far is passage 79. Nelson says "For just because one loves blue does not mean that one wants to spend one's life in a world made of it." She goes on to talk about how our life is like a string of beads and how different moments of your life are different colored beads, but the quote I chose seemed the most relevant.
I think this speaks a lot to the focus of the book because Nelson talks about how falling in love was like a rush of blue, and how her depression is blue, and that she can never really define blue. But just as she once had a love and struggles with depression, she also wants to live in a world where there is sometimes not blue. The man she loved broke her heart and the depression caused her to live in a world of blue. Escaping from the blue temporarily would also allow her to escape the pain.
In this section I think Nelson is just saying that while she loves blue and the things she associates with them, sometimes those blues are too much for one person. I think for the book as a whole, she is trying to tie together things that mean a lot to herself and her life and draw a connection between them and the essence of the color blue.
Nelson's Bluets project is a journey of confusion and discovery. It seems as if throughout the book, she is trying to determine her definition of the color blue and how the color blue affects her life and the life of those around her. While reading the second half of the book, passage 219 stood out the most to me. It states, "Likewise, I can say that seeing it has made me a believer, though I cannot say what, or in what, exactly, I have come to believe." Oddly enough, by the near end of the story, it does not seem like Nelson herself has been able to come to any conclusions. In this sense, my project becomes comparable to that of Nelson. Walking on the fence between agreement and disagreement, neither my opinion on the topic nor the stance I expect my listeners to take on the topic are revealed -- even by the end. I believe that by doing this, more freedom and opportunity are given to the audience. I believe that by doing this, listeners form a stronger connection to the piece. When I originally decided to make the ending of my story open-ended, I was skeptical as to the effect it would have but now seeing the success that Nelson has had with a similar style, I have hope that I made the right decision.
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