Comments on: Colors http://remembery.org/2008/02/24/colors/ the unremembered remembered now Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:05:44 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: “You’ve got to get past the bees . . . “ : clusterflock http://remembery.org/2008/02/24/colors/#comment-106 “You’ve got to get past the bees . . . “ : clusterflock Sat, 01 Mar 2008 21:05:14 +0000 http://remembery.wordpress.com/?p=68#comment-106 [...] promising discovery: this brand-new blog from Brian, a visitor to Rick Neece’s [...] [...] promising discovery: this brand-new blog from Brian, a visitor to Rick Neece’s [...]

]]> By: Weemade http://remembery.org/2008/02/24/colors/#comment-105 Weemade Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:45:34 +0000 http://remembery.wordpress.com/?p=68#comment-105 Hey Rick and co., Not sure how I stumbled onto this blog but I'm glad I did. I recently started a user-contributed blog that you may be interested in. http://theblog.weemade.com is a user-contributed blog featuring artwork/drawing/coloring from kids. I had so many crazy drawings tucked away from when I was a kid, and I wanted to share them, and I figured other people did too! Check it out at (it's only been live a few days), and I would for anyone to share any stuff they have! Thanks, Brian @ Weemade Hey Rick and co.,

Not sure how I stumbled onto this blog but I’m glad I did. I recently started a user-contributed blog that you may be interested in. http://theblog.weemade.com is a user-contributed blog featuring artwork/drawing/coloring from kids. I had so many crazy drawings tucked away from when I was a kid, and I wanted to share them, and I figured other people did too!

Check it out at (it’s only been live a few days), and I would for anyone to share any stuff they have!

Thanks,
Brian @ Weemade

]]> By: Color Me Inspired : clusterflock http://remembery.org/2008/02/24/colors/#comment-100 Color Me Inspired : clusterflock Tue, 26 Feb 2008 05:13:33 +0000 http://remembery.wordpress.com/?p=68#comment-100 [...] speculation. And some folks may have read Rick Neece’s observations-cum-recollections on the aesthetics of coloring at [...] [...] speculation. And some folks may have read Rick Neece’s observations-cum-recollections on the aesthetics of coloring at [...]

]]> By: Rick Neece http://remembery.org/2008/02/24/colors/#comment-99 Rick Neece Mon, 25 Feb 2008 03:23:58 +0000 http://remembery.wordpress.com/?p=68#comment-99 Sheila See http://rneece.wordpress.com/ . Bring it girl!. Words can't express my appreciation of your attention. Thanks more than much. You're absolutely the best. XOR Sheila
See http://rneece.wordpress.com/ . Bring it girl!. Words can’t express my appreciation of your attention. Thanks more than much.
You’re absolutely the best.
XOR

]]> By: Sheila Ryan http://remembery.org/2008/02/24/colors/#comment-98 Sheila Ryan Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:48:49 +0000 http://remembery.wordpress.com/?p=68#comment-98 Rick, if you start coloring and posting, I'll start coloring and posting. Coloring as a form of meditation . . . believe it or not, back in the early 70s that's how I explained to my mother why at age nineteen I I was frittering away hour after hour on filling in the spaces in coloring books. Of course, I was a raving dope fiend at the time, too -- but I still think there's something to the notion of coloring as an aid to meditation. Say, you think we could make some money off this notion? Oh, forget it. I'm sure that I'm several decades past that notion. "Mandalas for You to Color" "Navajo Sand Painting Coloring Book" "The Big Book of the Jewel Tree of Tibet" -- Comes with box of 64 colors -- <strong>and</strong> built-in sharpener! Rick, if you start coloring and posting, I’ll start coloring and posting.

Coloring as a form of meditation . . . believe it or not, back in the early 70s that’s how I explained to my mother why at age nineteen I I was frittering away hour after hour on filling in the spaces in coloring books.

Of course, I was a raving dope fiend at the time, too — but I still think there’s something to the notion of coloring as an aid to meditation. Say, you think we could make some money off this notion?

Oh, forget it. I’m sure that I’m several decades past that notion.

“Mandalas for You to Color”

“Navajo Sand Painting Coloring Book”

“The Big Book of the Jewel Tree of Tibet” — Comes with box of 64 colors — and built-in sharpener!

]]> By: Rick Neece http://remembery.org/2008/02/24/colors/#comment-97 Rick Neece Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:29:16 +0000 http://remembery.wordpress.com/?p=68#comment-97 I decided to color a complete book. Sheila, I've ordered the aforementioned one. I'm going to the Crayola store to buy the "rose" set. OK, not really. But you know that's not a bad idea. Know what I really did this morning? Danny and I keep "kid" things around for those occasions when friends visit with their young. A set of books and colors are among those items. Well, I pulled them out. Picked a picture and got started. And lost myself for an hour and a half. I never felt so much at peace. I think I'm going to start coloring as a form of meditation. BTW, the color set we have on hand for the kids is a set of 112, comes in a "cigar" box and has some of the most intriguing colors. And there are scented crayons with the scents of "leather jacket," "dirt," and "tulip" to name a few. I may post up some of my work as I re-engage the medium. I decided to color a complete book. Sheila, I’ve ordered the aforementioned one. I’m going to the Crayola store to buy the “rose” set. OK, not really.

But you know that’s not a bad idea. Know what I really did this morning? Danny and I keep “kid” things around for those occasions when friends visit with their young. A set of books and colors are among those items. Well, I pulled them out. Picked a picture and got started. And lost myself for an hour and a half. I never felt so much at peace. I think I’m going to start coloring as a form of meditation.

BTW, the color set we have on hand for the kids is a set of 112, comes in a “cigar” box and has some of the most intriguing colors. And there are scented crayons with the scents of “leather jacket,” “dirt,” and “tulip” to name a few.

I may post up some of my work as I re-engage the medium.

]]> By: Sheila Ryan http://remembery.org/2008/02/24/colors/#comment-96 Sheila Ryan Sun, 24 Feb 2008 16:58:20 +0000 http://remembery.wordpress.com/?p=68#comment-96 72? A set of 72? Oh my. The mind reels. (As it does when I recall the one 'Flesh'-tone crayon of my childhood.) Now that sharpener included as part of the box of 64 -- that was pretty neat. But for me the limitations imposed by the set of 48 were just about right. Once I chopped off the 'butt-end' of a white Crayola and set it in the oven (on a sheet of foil) at low heat. After it had melted into a perfect little disk, I removed it, let it cool, then offered it to a young neighbor, telling him that it was a mint candy. 72? A set of 72? Oh my. The mind reels. (As it does when I recall the one ‘Flesh’-tone crayon of my childhood.)

Now that sharpener included as part of the box of 64 — that was pretty neat. But for me the limitations imposed by the set of 48 were just about right.

Once I chopped off the ‘butt-end’ of a white Crayola and set it in the oven (on a sheet of foil) at low heat. After it had melted into a perfect little disk, I removed it, let it cool, then offered it to a young neighbor, telling him that it was a mint candy.

]]> By: Rick Neece http://remembery.org/2008/02/24/colors/#comment-95 Rick Neece Sun, 24 Feb 2008 03:18:03 +0000 http://remembery.wordpress.com/?p=68#comment-95 Yes, Sheila. 64 seemed too many, but the box had a sharpener! If you thought 64 too many, there is, as part of Hallmark, here in KC, a Crayola store. Danny and I have visited. It seems to me, now, there is a set of colors, 64 or larger, that encompass the entire set of <i>flesh</i> tones. Do you remember the set of 72? Not in the usual box, but in a flat, special (Christmas?) box, with all the colors, spectrally, on one level in the package? For a Christmas or two, this was the gift my siblings and I were given. Yes, Sheila. 64 seemed too many, but the box had a sharpener! If you thought 64 too many, there is, as part of Hallmark, here in KC, a Crayola store. Danny and I have visited. It seems to me, now, there is a set of colors, 64 or larger, that encompass the entire set of flesh tones.

Do you remember the set of 72? Not in the usual box, but in a flat, special (Christmas?) box, with all the colors, spectrally, on one level in the package? For a Christmas or two, this was the gift my siblings and I were given.

]]> By: Sheila Ryan http://remembery.org/2008/02/24/colors/#comment-94 Sheila Ryan Sun, 24 Feb 2008 00:53:36 +0000 http://remembery.wordpress.com/?p=68#comment-94 I wonder how your substitute teacher would have instructed you to fill in the holes in the late <a href="http://libweb.uoregon.edu/speccoll/mss/tee.html" rel="nofollow">Tee Corinne</a>'s <a href="http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=17-9780867193718-0" rel="nofollow">Cunt Coloring Book</a>. I wonder how your substitute teacher would have instructed you to fill in the holes in the late Tee Corinne’s Cunt Coloring Book.

]]> By: Sheila Ryan http://remembery.org/2008/02/24/colors/#comment-93 Sheila Ryan Sun, 24 Feb 2008 00:42:22 +0000 http://remembery.wordpress.com/?p=68#comment-93 Rick (and anyone else) -- which set of colors ('colors' -- I love that expression for 'colored wax crayons'!) was your favorite? The set of 24? 48? 64? Me, I'm partial to the 48. 24 never seemed to be enough, and 64 always seemed to be too many. Rick (and anyone else) — which set of colors (‘colors’ — I love that expression for ‘colored wax crayons’!) was your favorite? The set of 24? 48? 64?

Me, I’m partial to the 48. 24 never seemed to be enough, and 64 always seemed to be too many.

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