Shades of Gold.

Hiya! I'm Torben. Buddhist. I like soft colours and beautiful things. Everyone has a different perception of beauty. This blog is a fair representation of mine. Be mindful. Be magical. Love to all. Enjoy :)

[hellnar]

[middle-eastt]

[suspend]

nothing is more satisfying than knowing someone will be with you through thick and thin

[d0nn0]

remember when staying up late was actually exciting

now its just life 

[coolsaddad-blog]

Roses are red, that much is true, but violets are purple, not fucking blue.

[feels-for-the-fictional]

I have been waiting for this post all my life.

[marzipanandminutiae]

They are indeed purple, But one thing you’ve missed: The concept of “purple” Didn’t always exist.

Some cultures lack names For a color, you see. Hence good old Homer And his “wine-dark sea.”

A usage so quaint, A phrasing so old, For verses of romance Is sheer fucking gold.

So roses are red. Violets once were called blue. I’m hugely pedantic But what else is new?

[ineptshieldmaid]

My friend you’re not wrong About Homer’s wine-ey sea! Colours are a matter Of cultural contingency;

Words are in flux And meanings they drift But the word purple You’ve given short shrift.

The concept of purple, My friends, is old And refers to a pigment once precious as gold.

By crushing up molluscs From the wine-dark sea You make a dye: Imperial decree

Meant that in Rome, to wear purpura was a privilege reserved

For only the emperor!

The word ‘purple’, for clothes so fancy, Entered English By the ninth century

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Why then are voilets Not purple in song? The dye from this mollusc, known for so long

Is almost magenta; More red than blue. The concept of purple is old, and yet new.

The dye is red, So this might be true: Roses are purple And violets are blue

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[squeeful]

While this song makes me merry, Tyrian purple dyes many a hue From magenta to berry And a true purple too.

But fun as it is to watch this poetic race The answer is staring you right in the face: Roses are red and violets are blue Because nothing fucking rhymes with purple.

[cryoverkiltmilk]

[young-il-long-kiyoshi]

IT GOT SO MUCH BETTER.

[farrentalon]

My reaction, only with coffee.

[thetiredpianist]

Hang on, need to send this to my literature prof

[emotitude]

[florial]

You’re beautiful

[unwakeable]

[magicforthesane]

If you want to, do it, express it. We regret the things we don’t do.

[cloned-commander-deactivated202]

[magicforthesane]

May we all.

[90s90s90s]

[zzzanzzz-deactivated20201124]

2018 rolling in we comfy as fuck in the house fuck a party or a fire work

[ruinedchildhood]

[corsicans]

[thetangential]

[wolvensnothere]

Whoa.

[yeahbanero-deactivated20140128]

I read this out loud to boyfriend and he just went “ohhhhhhhhh” 

[bcarefulwhatuwish5]

THIS IS A GAME-CHANGER.

[ari-kanon]

沁心的蓝，暖心的粉

[psych2go]

[mossgirl]

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