Have You Ever Felt a Color?

If you just want to read about feeling colors skip to the next art piece and read from there. If you have read this blog before and want to know more about my absents read on from here.

it's me (Lavaun) and I'm back trying to blog again.  I ran into some complications last time because I was trying to make things more perfect them was realistic for me. I know I have some problems with writing in both my organizational and grammar skills I heard back from someone you have to get things edited before you put them out to the public. I wanted to post I wanted to share but It just became way too complicated and I have a tendency to give up sometimes when writing gets too hard which is common for people like myself diagnosed with written expression disorder.

Recently I decided that I need to make a choice, to write and post imperfectly or try and get my post perfect through outside editing etc. and never actually get it done.

As an artist I do want to share some of the stories and influences behind my art which will give some depth and complexity to what you see on paper. I am hoping that this will be of value to someone and if sometime I share intrigues or interest it will be taken as an invite to start a conversation.
 
I'm going to go ahead and speak with my authentic written voice which means that the grammar won't be perfect, the spelling may be kind of interesting at times, and I will leave out essential words occasionally. I will be using voice recognition technology and probably doing some alternatives to writing such as video to keep things going. If you're really squeamish about perfect writing please feel free to try a different blog. Also feel free to ask for clarification when something doesn't make sense. In the future sometime I will blog on my theories about the arts and learning disabilities.

So here something that I have been thinking about and wanted to share in my first new post.


I've been thinking a lot about vision and art which is of interest for me because that's where I started my journey as a professionalism artist. Originally I wanted to create art pieces for blind people to touch and feel. I liked the sharp and softer outlines of the cut paper I use because of my own limited vision. What I found is there are a lot of people interested in touching the art and even if they don't touch it many are interested in seeing the tactile nature of my paper collage.


I decided I want to go one step farther and put colors into a feeling color chart. I was thinking how exciting it might be for people who can't see to have an idea of what a color is like other than just someone describing the visual nature of colors.

• Turquoise, turquoise is like when you stick your toe into a cool pond or a swimming pool and that vibrant excitement the tingling that happens entering into the cool but not cold water.
  
• Yellow, yellow is like sunshine on your forehead which just radiates through your body and warms you. It is intense but not overwhelming which just makes you feel good and alive all over.
  
• White, white is like “nothing” a cold nothing, that is absent of stimulus but full of anticipation because at any second electricity could hit and there would be vibrancy.
  
• Black, black is also nothing but it is stillness full of non movement, nothing is going to happen it is just total quiet.
  
• Baby Blue, baby blue is like a spring afternoon when once again everything is still, soft and comforting. With baby blue there is a little bit of an edge because you're still coming back from the cold of winter.
  
• Dark Blue, dark blue is like putting your hand under the cold water from the sink the sense of sharpness you feel as it wraps around your fingers with it touch.
  
• Pink, pink is like taking a flower and gently running across your cheek soft, alive and incredibly fragile beneath your touch
  
• Green, green is strong and lively full of energy you can feel flowing. It engages you in a dance where the music just runs through you.
  
• Brown, brown is firm with just a little warmth kinda like putting your hand on something that recently came out of the dryer. Brown is full of texture and variation that creates an odd comfort.

I know I've left out a lot of colors and maybe I left out your favorite but this is just where my brain went I may do a follow up post with other colors. I love the colors I work with as an artist and thought this is a good place to start in giving my colors an even deeper meaning. I hope this might inspire you to think about your response to colors in art with your own personal meanings. Come on over and visit my Facebook page to check out the vibrant art I'm creating to share these colors with you https://www.facebook.com/LCHeasterDesigns.