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Emotions are like colours, they all have names and they can be nicely blended into one another like a spectrum. Our feelings emerge from the various experiences we think of and encounter, and when a phrase accompanies the feeling, it’s labelled as an emotion. There are plenty of stock phrases that people use to convey how they feel, and at the same time, these phrases can conjure the feeling from its hiding place when we were not conscious of it. Depressive thoughts carry depressive feelings, grateful thoughts carry grateful feelings. These emotions can be challenged, accepted, rewritten, mocked, and so on, depending on how you feel best to deal with it. We each have our own agenda, however most of us want to get on and be content with our daily activities. This means we need to take control of the various inputs and only listen to the ones that benefit us.
Colour theory and emotional intelligence are very similar. In a study by Berlin and Kay during 1969, a series of observations were made in regard to language and colour across indigenous peoples. In the enlightened world, in which global information is easily accessed, the roots of our cultures are ever increasingly diluted. However in indigenous cultures, the influence of modern thought is much less pervasive. It is therefore easier to determine factors such as language and colour relationships. It was found that when cultures describe colour, every one had at least two colours. These were light and dark. Other cultures, with a more diverse linguistic, could talk about four colours. It was only after this barrier had been reached that a more diverse spectrum of colour description became available. Our names for colour have given our brains the tools it needs to distinguish between them, and for other cultures without these names, the distinguishment is less vivid. They appear as shades of one or the other. With our art, we can use this principle to further the reach of our emotional intelligence. A good description of a perspective, a situation, and the true-to-life feelings that arise from it can help people to learn how to empathise with those they are not familiar with. We possibly cannot imagine what it is like for a tribesperson who didn’t get their new lip piercing because of a wrong move in the dance, but for this imaginary person it might be the end of their dream. How do we know? The story has to be genuine and realistic, it has to put the reader into the shoes of the stranger and give them second sight. Art can do this with pictures too, a vivid picture can bring about all kinds of genuine sensations we’d not otherwise have felt. Words, however, have the ability to pin-point and stick around as recordings in the mind, whereas an image reverberates as a symbol, available to a wider range of analogues. In a world that thrives on division and misunderstanding, the projection of evil onto rational points of view, and the closing off of logic according to the colour of the badge, we can all learn something from the art that speaks louder than the intolerant. Half of the voting populous are not lunatics and they are not somehow twisted or scheming. They’re just different and they see things differently. We need to be able to open the eyes of those around us with our art in order to tell the truth without being ugly and repulsive. Preaching to the choir will not do, when educating your antithesis you must respect their position before you can expect them to respect your own. Recommended reading: Emotional Intelligence 2.0: A Practical Guide to Master Your Emotions. Stop Overthinking and Discover the Secrets to Increase Your Mental Toughness, Self Discipline and Leadership Abilities Your Resource For Creative And Artistic Enrichment Please consider supporting this free-to-read journal by shopping with the following partners:
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January 2025
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