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Sometimes you have a hunch on certain things that you know will become your favourite. Well, this book does that to me. I took my sweet time to devour each and every word of this book. Feels like a sweet spring breeze full of freshness. One of the reasons to read this book is the same reason the author wrote it in the first place: for the love of Blue.
The book discusses profusely on themes of vulnerability, yearning, loneliness, seeking happiness, womanhood, human relations, death and decay. But, Blue; a colour which is often associated with sadness. Yet, for a minority, as myself, it is their favourite. Brings them at ease by the mere sight of it. Yet sometimes it also indicates despair, decay; an end. A colour which has the ability to evoke two different, yet distinct feelings at the same time.
“Is to be in love with blue, then, to be in love with a disturbance?”
“That this blue exists makes my life a remarkable one, just to have seen it. To have seen such beautiful things. To find oneself placed in their midst. Choiceless."
It is written specifically in the form of a journal entries that one notes in passing to preserve their thoughts and memories. For this book, Nelson's approach is the same. Read any line anywhere from the book, you will find a beautiful quote each time.
Bluets feels like a meditation, a contemplation of the grand scheme of narratives. It dissolves in the thin air making accessible for its readers to inhale and experience. The particles consist of memories of the past experiences and vulnerability.
“If I were today on my deathbed, I would name my love of the color blue and making love with you as two of the sweetest sensations I knew on this earth.”
The cultural significance of blue where it is holy and evil. Blue had always been associated with evil and badness, yet it is a colour that calms me, soothes me.
Even if the book speaks on all these themes and objects, it is advertently centered around vulnerability. All these pointers evoke a sense of vulnerability leading closer to your thoughts and feelings. Deep down it is an underlying longing to a lost love or a lost connection which was dear to her, yet faded with miscommunication, misunderstandings, and mismatching. There is resentment in that (now) faded relationship, yet it yearns for that warmth and belonging.
I am awed by the fact that how profoundly this book moved me to my core. People say, sometimes art does that to you. I am glad that I learn to appreciate art. I am glad that I learn to perceive all the things around me. I am forever grateful that art calms me. I am forever grateful that I chose Blue as MY colour, or, as it chose me.
5 Stars.
P.S. Read it on a rainy day, it helps with the gloom.
The book discusses profusely on themes of vulnerability, yearning, loneliness, seeking happiness, womanhood, human relations, death and decay. But, Blue; a colour which is often associated with sadness. Yet, for a minority, as myself, it is their favourite. Brings them at ease by the mere sight of it. Yet sometimes it also indicates despair, decay; an end. A colour which has the ability to evoke two different, yet distinct feelings at the same time.
“Is to be in love with blue, then, to be in love with a disturbance?”
“That this blue exists makes my life a remarkable one, just to have seen it. To have seen such beautiful things. To find oneself placed in their midst. Choiceless."
It is written specifically in the form of a journal entries that one notes in passing to preserve their thoughts and memories. For this book, Nelson's approach is the same. Read any line anywhere from the book, you will find a beautiful quote each time.
Bluets feels like a meditation, a contemplation of the grand scheme of narratives. It dissolves in the thin air making accessible for its readers to inhale and experience. The particles consist of memories of the past experiences and vulnerability.
“If I were today on my deathbed, I would name my love of the color blue and making love with you as two of the sweetest sensations I knew on this earth.”
The cultural significance of blue where it is holy and evil. Blue had always been associated with evil and badness, yet it is a colour that calms me, soothes me.
Even if the book speaks on all these themes and objects, it is advertently centered around vulnerability. All these pointers evoke a sense of vulnerability leading closer to your thoughts and feelings. Deep down it is an underlying longing to a lost love or a lost connection which was dear to her, yet faded with miscommunication, misunderstandings, and mismatching. There is resentment in that (now) faded relationship, yet it yearns for that warmth and belonging.
I am awed by the fact that how profoundly this book moved me to my core. People say, sometimes art does that to you. I am glad that I learn to appreciate art. I am glad that I learn to perceive all the things around me. I am forever grateful that art calms me. I am forever grateful that I chose Blue as MY colour, or, as it chose me.
5 Stars.
P.S. Read it on a rainy day, it helps with the gloom.