Carlsbad Art and Culture

The battle of green and red is never-ending. This eternal headbutt lasts as long as your eyes stare and your mind winces. As your white flag waves in the smoky sky, you retreat, allowing the next passer to feel the visual agony you once loathed. Will these colors ever hold hands in harmony? If so, who would have the strength to moderate a feud more romantic than the Montagues and Capulets, more ruthless than Itchy and Scratchy and more stubborn than a heated Homeowners Association debate. What are the psychological effects of these colors? When used, can they provoke ill effects? Van Gogh used them to express the terror of humanity. The predicament of Adam and Eve began by an ill-mannered bite from a brightly colored red apple accessorized with a lush green leaf. The Golden Gate bridge is generally considered to have had more suicides than any other in the world and from afar, can stage a visual battle between the rich red of the bridge and the rolling green in the surrounding hills.

Out from the setting sun; galloping on a horse of the color of all colors combined, emerges a crisis counselor pigmented in blue. It is the color of the sky and sea and is often associated with depth and stability. It symbolizes trust, wisdom, loyalty, confidence, truth and intelligence. Blue may be capable of defusing the weapons of red and green. A treaty is spoken of in a voice as relaxing as the sea’s rolling waves and as soothing as the winds of the sky. The relationship between red, green and blue (RGB) is witnessed everyday in a harmonic dance of color interlaced on our hypnotizing computer screens.

Who knows what street this flying red horse lives on?