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Thursday, May 05, 2005
brilliant colors:



(i'm sorry. i couldn't resist.)


but not entirely in response to the quote (that i'm still trying to wrap my head around) it might be possible that we do prefer brighter colors as we enter new ages. the most immediate and irrelevant example that comes to mind is that the standard A pitch was significantly lower in the Baroque period than it is now: we don't tune to 440 Hz anymore, because people have just been preferring brighter tones. but i have to go eat. i will say something substantial eventually.

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