Because our February show theme is Pink, I asked Partners to come up with pink terms and associations: Pink Floyd, pink ladies, in the pink, pink eye, pinko, in some earthworms clitellum pink, pinkie finger, bakery box pink, pinking shears, pink (a small, square-rigged sailing vessel), cotton candy pink, baby girl pink.
Here’s an interesting discussion of pink in A Brief History of the Color Pink by Alice Bucknell in Artsy:
"Pink has always been a spectacular contradiction. It’s simultaneously fresh-faced and sophisticated, alien (a 17th-century Chinese word for pink meant 'foreign color') and internal (from our mouths to musculature), and at home in both high and low culture. In Japan, it serves as wistful symbol of the slain samurai; in Korea, it’s interpreted as a sign of trustworthiness. In the West, pink has shifted from one extreme to the next over the last three centuries. Eighteenth-century fashion helped to popularize the shade, which was a favorite of the pastel-loving European bourgeoisie. Pink received a fuchsia facelift during the 1960s Pop Art movement and a neon-soaked ’90s revival, before settling down as the pale, 'post-gender' center of every millennial mood board.”
One result of this focus on a particular color is that one begins to see it everywhere. Pink often glows in the sky mornings and evenings. I’ve noticed pink shades in fallen leaves, book covers, a jigsaw puzzle, and, good grief, bathroom cleanser packaging.
So come and see and enjoy the results of our efforts and the fun we have had with Pink.