Rebecca: It's Electric- Colored Object and Text

Lyrics from the Electric Slide song, courtesy of elyrics.net: "Some say it's mystic; It's electric; Boogie woogie, woogie; You can't resist it; It's electric; Boogie woogie, woogie; You can't do without it; It's electric; Boogie woogie, woogie;Jiggle-a-mesa-cara she's a pumpin' like a matic; She's movin' like electric; She sure got the boogie." My sister's shoes are bright (electric) blue and purple with some green and they scream "energy" to me. Though the song is from 1976, it makes me think of the 80s with the sound of the music as I picture brightly colored clothing and people dancing. When someone hears the electric slide, I doubt anyone thinks of black and gray; since the song is upbeat and "electric," color can be associated with it. Though these lyrics are obviously repetitive, I think the constant interjections of "it's electric" relates to my sister's tennis shoes. Though colorful tennis shoes are pretty common now, they still stand out to me every time I see a pair. So anytime my sister wore those shoes this past weekend, I always noticed since they stood out... it's like the shoes are always saying "I'm electric." Someone could be tired and in black sweats, but if they have colorful shoes on, then I usually make an assumption that they're fun to a certain extent. Like the lyrics of this song, they communicate energy. Also, the line "she's movin' like electric" relates to my sister's shoes because they're tennis shoes, communicating that she is active while wearing them. She did, indeed, take a run in the bright shoes, but even if she didn't, the bright colors and the combination of them represent energy... which extends to the idea of motion. Based on context, people associate colors with certain emotions and attitudes, and my sister's shoes makes me think of a peppy, energetic attitude like that in the Electric Slide song. I think that's the important thing about Bluets and this short assignment: thinking about different ways to portray an idea or emotion and the fact that one idea can be communicated or enhanced with the use of something else. My example shows that I connect colors to emotions based on their brightness, which isn't anything surprising or profound, but it's an interesting way to think about how I could describe an object, text, or emotion to explain something.