Into the yellow

It has always been interesting to me the effects that color have on people. I have been taught that certain colors have uniform human responses and connotations. For example, the color yellow is never to be used in restaurants because it enhances the anxiety level that people have. Secondly, yellow, in our vernacular, is a term that denotes cowardice. At the moment I am sitting outside a stable in Driggs, Idaho looking at the Aspen leaves turn yellow and having a sandwich. I don't feel anxious and certainly hope that I maintain the modicum of courage it takes to continue my dressage lesson. I do believe in the scientific studies that respect the stimulus that color imposes on people yet as with all things timing is everything. I find yellow beautiful and if you consider gold a yellow, it, as a color, is the backbone of all jewelry throughout time. I hope that everybody has had the opportunity to hold a gold coin in their hand. There is something very humanistic about gold and if history serves to educate, the pursuit of gold has been one of the most important pursuits that has ever existed. Platinum does not inspire the way gold does in chunk form. There is still a bit of gold mixed in with the deep butter yellow color of the Aspens. The trees remind me of Mali garnet (tsavorite from Mali) or very yellow chrysoberyl. They are both stones worth looking into as they are wonderful fall tones of yellow that work well with all the autumn colors. It is Indian summer in Idaho.