Hi all. My name is Diemmi Le and I am excited to have class with all of you for the rest of this quarter. During this time in self quarantine, I did some cleaning around my house and found this beautiful color changing lamp that hasn't been touched for 15 years. I turned it on to see if it still worked, and this is what it looked liked. The lights changed from lavender, to red, to turquoise, but this is the shot that stood out to me the most.
What interested me about this is how the glowing flowers are trapped behind this slightly blue tinted plastic so no matter what color it changed to, there was always this sense of tranquility, peace, and beauty to the object. Also, something else I noticed is that when the main room light was on, the flower was incredibly underwhelming to look at due to that blue tinted plastic pane, hiding the flower that much more. Although, when it is night time and all the focus could be drawn toward it, it was hard to go unnoticed.
I wanted to share this because I thought it was such a fantastical object, and it's ironic how something like this was left abandoned for so many years. Looking at this lamp gives me the feeling like I am in a Fairytale movie, where the magic is just about to happen. To add onto that feeling, I soon discovered that this little lamp was also a music box and when I turned the dial on the side it played "Memory" from the Cats Musical adding such a melancholy feel, and immersing myself that much more into that fantastical feeling of fairytale.
Wonderful find and great post. Wonderful connection between the color/light and how it affected your emotions. The videos did not come through but the image makes it clear.
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