With this in mind enjoy this week's blue feature:
Blue symbolism affects many areas of life not only mysticism and religion. Blue represents the water as the source of life (we are, after all, living on the "blue planet"), brings peace or is believed to keep bad spirits away. The ancient Egyptians used lapis lazuli to represent heaven; in Iran, blue is the colour of mourning, whereas in Europe there’s a bridal tradition where blue represents love and hope (something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue).
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Blue is generally seen as relaxing and calming and, therefore, is often used for interior design or is connected to health. Blue stands for freedom and especially blue skies are symbolic for optimism. Blue is the colour of loyalty and faith. Blue is protection. Blue is power. A dark blue conveys importance and confidence and is often associated with intelligence and stability (ever questioned why police officers or business people were dark blue?)Blue symbolism is nearly universal in meaning. As a result, blue is used in national flags and symbols around the world.
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Even in language blue doesn’t stop to influence us. Something that is the best of its kind is “blue ribbon”. A person born of royalty or in the upper class is of “blue blood”. However, when someone is depressed, they “have the blues”. Something that happens rarely is said to happen "once in a blue moon". “Out of the blue” means unexpected, whereas “into the blue” relates to entering the unknown. In the English language “feeling blue” stands for a feeling of sadness, which can be traced back to a custom among old deepwater sailing ships (using a blue flag if they lost an officer during the voyage) as well as Greek mythology (rain as the tears of Zeus). In German, on the other hand, to be "blue" (blau sein) is to be drunk
(but even this has a historical reason).
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Does anyone still wonders why a photo with a blue hue seems melancholy?
Yours,
Serel
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