4/21/2005 14:44

Finally, the server is behaving! The color article is up and you can find it here.

It's no surprise that colors have an affect on people's behavior. I think we've lost touch with our senses in so many ways as we've moved to a more digital world. Even the article talks about the limitations of 256 colors online. Man, such shackles! But who thinks about that anymore?

I think we should all be more cognizant of the right sides of our brains... may they not atrophy.

This may seem like a non-sequitur, but I was lucky enough to attend an event last week where Kurt Perschke's Red Ball Project made its way to Portland.

The Red Ball is all about viewing architecture in new ways - it has traveled around the world and was all around Portland (the link above shows it snuggling up under the marquee of the Schnitz) for a week. People interacted with it in some pretty amazing ways. People (kids mostly) would throw themselves into it and bounce out, stare at it as they walked by, etc. Kurt said his favorite were those who tapped it with the backs of their hands as they walked by. Subtle causes and effects.

Anyway, the man who brought the Red Ball project to Portland is Kevin Carroll from the katalyst consultancy.

Kevin makes his living these days teaching business people how to play. He encourages people to promote the power of play to enhance their creativity. And his enthusiasm was infectuous. He spoke at length about learning to explore your world in different ways (hence, the Red Ball project). Some people do it with music, some with meditation, some with play.

And some, it seems, with color.

Posted by at April 21, 2005 2:44 PM

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