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Passing Through Blue— At West End Gallery

When whippoorwills call and evening is nigh
I hurry to my blue heaven
Just a turn to the right, you’ll find a little white light
Will lead you to my Blue Heaven

–Walter Donaldson, My Blue Heaven, 1924

Not going to say much this morning. Just basking in blue this morning. In a good way. Not in the I got the blues kind of way. More in the sense of other more positive ways attached to the color. Like its symbolism for a certain political party. Or true blue, which indicates loyalty and truthfulness. The color also represents the freedom of open spaces such as the sky and the sea and as well as intuition, imagination, expansiveness, inspiration, and sensitivity. There’s an interesting site, colorpsychology.org, that gives greater insight to the color blue, along with all the other colors of the spectrum.

I am showing a painting above, Passing Through Blue, that has the feel of blue in the more positive sense of the word. It’s part of my solo show, Persistent Rhythm, that is currently on display at the West End Gallery in Corning. Just a reminder that the show ends a week from today, on August 29, so time is fleeting if you want to see it.

Here’s a song that I have played here before that kind of sums up the better aspects of the color blue. It’s a version of My Blue Heaven from Norah Jones. The song was written by Walter Donaldson and originally performed as part of the Ziegfeld Follies of 1927. Most of us mainly remember the Fats Domino version which was a hit for him in the 1950’s.

Okay, give a listen if you so desire. Then look to your own blue heaven and stay blue.