Eric on Republican Radio
Nov/18/2004 11:24 PM | Thoughts from Purple
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This
Saturday, November 20th, I am set to appear live on a
radio that show originates in the Pacific Northwest
called Republican Radio. They are apparently
interested in the whole phenomenon of "color theory"
and the Purple Land concept.
The interview will be sometime between 1-2 pm, Central time.
You can apparently listen live here .
The interview will be sometime between 1-2 pm, Central time.
You can apparently listen live here .
Purple Thoughts from Paula
Nov/11/2004 11:23 PM | Thoughts from Purple
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Purple
Thoughts, from my friend, Paula
Following on the discussion of Purple I started last week , my good friend Paula has sent me these thoughts on the Color Purple:
Purple combines the stability of blue and the energy of red. A mysterious
color, purple is associated with nobility and spirituality. The opposites
of hot red and cool blue combine to create this intriguing color.
It symbolizes power, luxury, and most of all, ambition. Purple is
associated with wisdom, dignity, independence, creativity, mystery, and
magic.
Purple has a special, almost sacred place in nature: lavender, orchid,
lilac, and violet flowers are often delicate and considered precious.
Because purple is derived from the mixing of a strong warm and strong cool
color it has both warm and cool properties.
Culture of Purple: The color of mourning for widows in Thailand, purple
was the favorite color of Egypt's Cleopatra. Purple robes were worn by
royalty and people of authority or high rank. The Purple Heart is a U.S.
Military decoration given to soldiers wounded in battle.
Language of Purple: The use of purple in familiar phrases can help us see
how the color might be perceived by others, both the positive and negative
aspects.
Purple cow - something remarkable, eye-catching, unusual
Purple prose - exaggeration, highly imaginative writing (also has negative
connotations) Bad purple
Purple speech - profanity, raunchy language
Purple prose - exaggeration, colorful lies
Purple haze - state of confusion or euphoria, possibly drug-induced, type
of marijuana
Purple Words: These words are synonymous with the color purple: Violet,
plum, lavender, lilac, puce, thistle, orchid, mauve, magenta, royal,
amethyst, wine, pomegranate, eggplant, mulberry.
Following on the discussion of Purple I started last week , my good friend Paula has sent me these thoughts on the Color Purple:
Purple combines the stability of blue and the energy of red. A mysterious
color, purple is associated with nobility and spirituality. The opposites
of hot red and cool blue combine to create this intriguing color.
It symbolizes power, luxury, and most of all, ambition. Purple is
associated with wisdom, dignity, independence, creativity, mystery, and
magic.
Purple has a special, almost sacred place in nature: lavender, orchid,
lilac, and violet flowers are often delicate and considered precious.
Because purple is derived from the mixing of a strong warm and strong cool
color it has both warm and cool properties.
Culture of Purple: The color of mourning for widows in Thailand, purple
was the favorite color of Egypt's Cleopatra. Purple robes were worn by
royalty and people of authority or high rank. The Purple Heart is a U.S.
Military decoration given to soldiers wounded in battle.
Language of Purple: The use of purple in familiar phrases can help us see
how the color might be perceived by others, both the positive and negative
aspects.
Purple cow - something remarkable, eye-catching, unusual
Purple prose - exaggeration, highly imaginative writing (also has negative
connotations) Bad purple
Purple speech - profanity, raunchy language
Purple prose - exaggeration, colorful lies
Purple haze - state of confusion or euphoria, possibly drug-induced, type
of marijuana
Purple Words: These words are synonymous with the color purple: Violet,
plum, lavender, lilac, puce, thistle, orchid, mauve, magenta, royal,
amethyst, wine, pomegranate, eggplant, mulberry.
Red + Blue = Purple
Nov/04/2004 11:21 PM | Thoughts from Purple
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Enough
already, about "red states" and "blue" states. I'm
tired of hearing everybody talk about it, frankly. I
think Republicans are taking far too much comfort in
it, and Democrats are bashing themselves far too much
too.
I've been emailing with friends in New York who seem to feel that they're surrounded by nothing but backwoods, redneck, red-state folks. First off, not all Republicans are backwoods, rednecks. And second off, what am I, chopped liver? I live in a so-called "red state." Heck, I live in a so-called red county. But, I can tell you from first hand experience, Democrats even in here sometime.
Point is, it seems to me the whole "red/blue" dichotomy" is overblow and oversold to us. There are no TRULY red states, and there are no truly blue states. The bluest of blue states has a solid minority of Republicans, and vice-versa...
I knew this intuitively, because I have lived it my whole life here in Texas. But, low and behold, just after the election, somebody actually did research. You know, a real academic type with spreadsheets, charts, graphs and stuff like that.
The first thing I found, was this blog and this really cool purple map created by Jeff Culver. As you can clearly see, there is not one truly red state (even Utah....). Nor are there any solidly blue states (not even Mass...) Almost every state falls somewhere along the spectrum, and most states trend more toward purple than either red or blue.
A real academic, Robert Vanderbei , created this map here that shows the same theory, only done on a county-by-county basis. He's also got a lot of useful and interesting info on voting and populations densities, and things like that.
I've seen some other maps that twist and contort the US based on population and voting. But I just like the good old red/blue/purple distinctions....because it makes it so utterly clear that we are not one or the other...we are BOTH.
To my mind, that means Democrats ought not to be so depressed, and Republicans not too proud.
All this caused me to get into songwriter mode, and I've written my own post-election song, called "Purple Land." You can learn more about it here. You can hear a demo (that I'm already dissatisfied with...) by going here .
Here's to our Purple Land!
I've been emailing with friends in New York who seem to feel that they're surrounded by nothing but backwoods, redneck, red-state folks. First off, not all Republicans are backwoods, rednecks. And second off, what am I, chopped liver? I live in a so-called "red state." Heck, I live in a so-called red county. But, I can tell you from first hand experience, Democrats even in here sometime.
Point is, it seems to me the whole "red/blue" dichotomy" is overblow and oversold to us. There are no TRULY red states, and there are no truly blue states. The bluest of blue states has a solid minority of Republicans, and vice-versa...
I knew this intuitively, because I have lived it my whole life here in Texas. But, low and behold, just after the election, somebody actually did research. You know, a real academic type with spreadsheets, charts, graphs and stuff like that.
The first thing I found, was this blog and this really cool purple map created by Jeff Culver. As you can clearly see, there is not one truly red state (even Utah....). Nor are there any solidly blue states (not even Mass...) Almost every state falls somewhere along the spectrum, and most states trend more toward purple than either red or blue.
A real academic, Robert Vanderbei , created this map here that shows the same theory, only done on a county-by-county basis. He's also got a lot of useful and interesting info on voting and populations densities, and things like that.
I've seen some other maps that twist and contort the US based on population and voting. But I just like the good old red/blue/purple distinctions....because it makes it so utterly clear that we are not one or the other...we are BOTH.
To my mind, that means Democrats ought not to be so depressed, and Republicans not too proud.
All this caused me to get into songwriter mode, and I've written my own post-election song, called "Purple Land." You can learn more about it here. You can hear a demo (that I'm already dissatisfied with...) by going here .
Here's to our Purple Land!