Comments on: The Democratic Convention: First Night Reactions http://thestrangedeathofliberalamerica.com/the-democratic-convention-first-night-reactions.html A Netzine About Ideas Tue, 07 Sep 2010 02:29:02 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: liberalamerican http://thestrangedeathofliberalamerica.com/the-democratic-convention-first-night-reactions.html/comment-page-1#comment-10167 liberalamerican Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:03:52 +0000 http://thestrangedeathofliberalamerica.com/?p=633#comment-10167 Tom, You are right about the blue. That is why Pakula used it. I remember Nick Ray also saying he very deliberately chose red as the color for James Dean's jacket in Rebel Without a Cause. What bugs me about the blue in the Democratic Convention is that its is a distracting blue. I also am still waiting for a flag. I have yet to see a delegate carrying one or one on the podium. Maybe I'm old school, but this is the first convention I have seen without an American flag. Tom,

You are right about the blue. That is why Pakula used it. I remember Nick Ray also saying he very deliberately chose red as the color for James Dean’s jacket in Rebel Without a Cause.

What bugs me about the blue in the Democratic Convention is that its is a distracting blue. I also am still waiting for a flag. I have yet to see a delegate carrying one or one on the podium. Maybe I’m old school, but this is the first convention I have seen without an American flag.

]]> By: MrTom http://thestrangedeathofliberalamerica.com/the-democratic-convention-first-night-reactions.html/comment-page-1#comment-10166 MrTom Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:29:33 +0000 http://thestrangedeathofliberalamerica.com/?p=633#comment-10166 The stage at the Democratic convention IS garish, distracting and nearly obscene. Anyway, here are some thoughts on the BLUES. - Blue is a cool color; Red is hot. - The eye is attracted to red; you can't help noticing it (evolution and blood?). - In a photo or painting or any scene you see, red objects appear to advance toward you and blue objects seem to recede. - Red actually takes more physical energy to look at than blue. - As eyes age, the lens in the eye yellows, filtering out blue light. After the age of forty, people lose about 20% - 25% of their ability to see blue, and this dimishment progresses through the rest of life. Perception of blue fades toward gray. This aging process shifts our vision even more toward the warm or red spectrum. What this has to do with political parties I'll leave up to you. Analogies are there and I'll limit my editorial comment to: it is unfortunate that the media have pasted these colors on the two major parties. The stage at the Democratic convention IS garish, distracting and nearly obscene. Anyway, here are some thoughts on the BLUES.
- Blue is a cool color; Red is hot.
- The eye is attracted to red; you can’t help noticing it (evolution and blood?).
- In a photo or painting or any scene you see, red objects appear to advance toward you and blue objects seem to recede.
- Red actually takes more physical energy to look at than blue.
- As eyes age, the lens in the eye yellows, filtering out blue light. After the age of forty, people lose about 20% – 25% of their ability to see blue, and this dimishment progresses through the rest of life. Perception of blue fades toward gray. This aging process shifts our vision even more toward the warm or red spectrum.

What this has to do with political parties I’ll leave up to you. Analogies are there and I’ll limit my editorial comment to: it is unfortunate that the media have pasted these colors on the two major parties.

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