The other day at lunch with some friends, someone said that she would like the job of naming paint colors. This lead to a lively discussion of exactly what shade of green is “seafoam.” But it also reminded me of Ginger Burrell’s recent blog post about Don Drake’s artist book “So Different.” He uses paint chips to illustrate several poems and says the “subtle hues (of the paint chips) only take on real meaning when placed in a context and their names are crafted to evoke emotion and memory.” Here’s a picture of the book, and you can read more about it on Ginger’s blog.
