The Return of Yellow

In 1968, right after I graduated from college, I was maid of honor in my best friend ’s wedding. I had a really pretty yellow dress for the rehearsal dinner (the less said the better about the dresses we attendants wore for the wedding). Then yellow disappeared. I cannot recall anything yellow I wore for 51 years after that event. The reason? None really though when I “had my co lors done” sometime in the late 80s the woman told me I was a winter and that yellow was one of the colors that was not good on me. Or maybe I was afraid it would make me stand out too much - there is nothing subtle about bright yellow. Anyway a month or so ago I saw a bright yellow blouse and fel l in love with it, the very blouse you see me wearing there on the right.It has been as if yellow has returned from exile somewhere, from the Underworld maybe. I have had a big dream about daffodils. In contemplating something I want to knit, yellow was the only color that caught my eye. Looking at the DyeForYarn Etsy shop where I love to find yarn, this skein jumped into my basket and is on its way from Germany to me now -Yellow of course is a color of spring and of egg yolks, both indicative of new life. DandelionsThere is another aspect of yellow  — aging. Think about the yellowing of paper and linen as they age. And another -- the yellow we attach to cowardice. Remember the song “Tie a Yellow Ribbon”? Yellow journalism. And there are many other associations one can make to yellow — like th...
Source: Jung At Heart - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: blogs