Need A Reason?

thinking about painting the rooms...

Spent one sweet afternoon with my dear sister and she helped me pick colors from some magazines she happened to have around the house.

Went to HomeDepot, and a very patient worker at the paint department helped me choose the colors that were the closest to the colors I had. I decided to buy some samples so I could paint a sample area in each room to help me decide. I learned that picking a color is really tricky business. With different time of the day, different lighting source and different angle, the same color could look drastically different at any given time. I keep reminding myself, "you can always repaint if you really don't like the color." so I don't freeze and can just go on with the project.

A friend happened to drop by and I showed him the color samples on the walls. He questioned ," Why do you like dark colors?" I was dumbfound and could offer no explanation. Feeling criticized, I stayed quiet, saying to myself in my head, "It's my house and I can paint it whatever I like. I don't care if you don't like dark colors."

The question stayed with me. Why do I like dark colors (in this case)? I looked at my newly remodeled kitchen and it was painted very bold yellow, on the dark side. Almost like a good Sunkist orange kind of yellow. Anyway, I like it. Why did I pick the colors I picked? Because I like them, period. Why? I don't know. Do I need to have a reason? No, I don't think so. Do I need to justify myself? H--- no! It's my house.

This is me practicing being me.