Sunshine 2020: Prompt Four

[bloodydemonic]

Prompt 4: Green
Green is a rich color that is associated with a variety of things including: awakening, growth, renewal, productivity, intelligence, exuberance, prosperity, money, luck, envy, greed, survival, nature, spring, and birth.

Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises. —Pedro Calderon de la Barca

Green can be the fresh growth of spring plants after a long winter. Green can be the good fortune waiting for you around each corner. What green things have you enjoyed this year?

Please feel free to answer in whichever way comes naturally to you, be it a memory you share or an artwork you create. If you’d like a more specific idea to kick things off: share with us some books or fanworks that remind you of the color green or its related themes.

For your regularly scheduled history/art nerding - Green was the color commonly associated with wealth, merchants, bankers and the gentry, and if I remember correctly, that's why da Vinci's Mona Lisa is wearing green, and why the seats in the House of Commons are green.

Fandomwise, my first reaction is the Doctor Who serial 'The Green Death' which is one of the first Classic Doctor Who episodes I ever saw. I don't know if it was a repeat or my dad had a copy or what. But it's a Third Doctor story from the 1970s: When a dead man is found glowing bright green at an abandoned coal mine, UNIT and the Third Doctor travel to the South Wales town of Llanfairfach. Convinced that pollutants from the nearby Global Chemicals are responsible, the Doctor faces opposition from the company director Stevens, the mysterious BOSS and deadly giant maggots...

Also River Song's eyes are green.

There's also the green of Luke Skywalker's lightsaber.

On a more personal note, green is my favourite colour and has been for as long as I can remember. My childhood bedroom was green (still is, unless my parents have decorated it in the last couple of months) and its one of the colours I wear predominantly. If I had my way, pretty much our whole flat would be green - sadly, Tally disagrees (but the kitchen has hints of green at least!). For me, it indicates balance, harmony, stability and growth, and it recharges me.

Comments

[shadowhive]

Ohhh I didn’t know that💚

Agh The Green Death, I love that one 🖤

Ohh I didn’t think of the lightsaber

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[bloodydemonic]

We've been watching some of the classic Doctor Who episodes on Britbox - part of me really wants to peek and see if Green Death is there, but part of me doesn't know what to know. If it isn't, I'll be heartbroken and if it is, I'd probably skip ahead and forget to go back to where I am.

[shadowhive]

Ohhh nice! Yeah that’s probably for the best. I suspect it is on there though but it’s best not to skip🖤

[corvidology]

I'm with you in that I'd love to paint my house shades of green and I wear it a lot. :D

Love the link to classic Who!

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[oldtoadwoman]

"The Green Death" is classic. It had all those delightfully over-the-top Doctor Who moments.

[enemytosleep]

Ooo love the history facts. Your journal theme is pretty green as well!

[bloodydemonic]

I love my journal theme - it's kinda green and kinda silver and it makes me happy, so thank you! :D

[abyss_valkyrie]

OOH!Nice to know more about green from the first part of your post. :D
Ah,I never did watch the old DW so it's cool to hear about that.
Your talk about the green bedroom reminded me of this Youtuber lonefox who did his room in greens in such a lovely way. Here's the link if you like:
https://youtu.be/zAtz6po0yhI

[bloodydemonic]

Ooh I'm loving that youtuber - thank you, I think I may be losing a few hours watching his videos!

[tippetariuswrites]

Oh, I didn't realize da Vinci's Monda Lisa is wearing green, but now I see a hint of it. Green is a nice color, and I love the avocado green look that used to be popular in kitchens.

[pauraque]

I never knew that about the House of Commons! It never even occurred to me to wonder why the seats were green.

[shipperslist]

Ohh, I didn't know that about Mona Lisa.

[icecheetah]

Huh. Green as a colour of riches... not one I would have thought of.