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Of all the colors represented in the Pride flag, spirit may be the most difficult to explain because it means something different to everyone. When I think about spirit, I don’t think about perfection, confidence, or having life completely figured out. I think about conviction. I think about the beliefs, values, and pieces of ourselves that remain unchanged regardless of what life throws our way.
Of all the colors I’ve explored so far, blue has been the quietest. It doesn’t demand attention the way some of the others do. It simply asks us to pause for a moment and consider what we’re still holding onto. Not every burden needs to be carried forever. Not every disappointment deserves permanent space in our lives. Not every difficult chapter needs to remain open.
Traditionally, green represents nature on the Pride flag. At first glance, that seems pretty straightforward. Nature surrounds us every day. Trees, flowers, forests, gardens, and everything else that grows around us. But the more I thought about it, the more I realized that green isn’t really about nature itself. It’s about what nature teaches us. Growth.
After spending time with red and orange, I thought I had a pretty good idea where the Pride At Home Color Block Challenge was going to take me. Then yellow showed up and boy was it more challenging than I expected.
For orange, I chose A Symptom of Being Human by Shinedown as my soundtrack. The more I thought about it, the more it felt like the perfect song for this color. Within the traditional Pride flag (I know it’s been updated but for the challenge the colors are the colors), orange represents healing. Not celebration, not visibility, healing. While that may not be the first thing people think of when Pride Month comes around, it’s a powerful part of what Pride represents.
I chose red. The more I worked on this, the more it just felt right for where my head was at creatively. Red isn’t a subtle color. It carries emotion loudly whether it wants to or not. Love, anger, passion, vulnerability, confidence, exhaustion, survival. It can feel warm one second and overwhelming the next.
“I’ll see you in theAfterlifeSave me from this pain and fill the hole insideYou wonder why I’m all out of tears to cryToday I’m not afraid to die”Evanescence – Afterlife There are certain bands that end up becoming part of your life story whether you mean for them to or not. Evanescence has always been…
“Young man thinks that he’s gonna live foreverYoung man drinks like he just turned twenty-oneYoung man loves and leaves ’cause he don’t know no betterYoung man thinks he’ll always be young”Dan + Shay – Young Lately it feels like life has been moving at a pace where if I stop for too long, I’ll fall…
“Wantin’ your summer skin pressed on mineFallin’ like rain, ripplin’ on bySupermoon watch it dance in your eyesMy wildest of dreams, takin’ on a new life”Niall Horan – On A Night Like Tonight I’m sorry it’s taken me so long to get back to posting, the past month has been nothing short of hectic, chaotic,…
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