The Colour of Hope

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It can give off a sense of power and strength to follow your dreams and build towards your ideal future. As the color of leaves, vegetables, and the grass that covers the earth, green has been seen as a metaphor for life. Women of the Gulag 2 Marianna Yarovskaya plain 2021-12-17T19:12:59+00:00 Swarthmore Russian 037 2018 Marianna Yarovskaya 43.003362948,41.019274089

Themes of loyalty, bravery and the abuse of power are driven through a fast-paced plot set in a richly textured world.” The i While you may not be able to find a precise shade of aquamarine in nature, studies suggest that observing flowing water brings a sense of calm and hopefulness to our bodies. If you’re struggling with negative thoughts, seek out bodies of water and shades of aquamarine. This may help you feel more grounded and optimistic about your life. Kanagaraj, Anjana P, Bavatarani S, Kumar D. A study on human behavior based color psychology using k-means clustering. In: 2020 International Conference on Inventive Computation Technologies (ICICT). IEEE; 2020:608-612. doi:10.1109/ICICT48043.2020.9112442 The color green can also be used to communicate that they’re affirming and accessible, essentially tapping into how traffic lights have trained us to associate the color green with permission to move forward. Green can also represent wealth, prosperity and stability, as you see with financial brands that use the color. Using green in design Everything Flows 4 Vasily Solomonovich Grossman plain 2023-04-07T18:52:52+00:00 Swarthmore Russian 037 1964 Vasily Solomonovich Grossman 55.75583,37.61778The old words “grene” in English or “ grænn” in Norse, as well as the German word “grün” all refer to growing and are believed to be the source of the now commonly used word “green”. The same goes for its translations in other language, such as “viridis” in Latin, “vert” in French, and “Verde” in Italian. 1. Green Means Life

Aside from the already daunting challenge of translating everyday Russian into readable English, prison slang was a big part of communicating the feel of Irina Ratushinskaya's experience in Soviet “reeducation” camps. Alyona Kojevnikov, who translated the version of Grey is the Color of Hope that I read (which is actually the only version that exists, as far as I know) did not do a stellar job at this. For example, early on Ratushinskaya relates a few of the common prison terms, one of which was translated as "warmer". Ratushinskaya defines this as “the acquisition of something not officially permitted, such as [the:] exchange of sweets for cigarettes. The first, obvious interpretation strikes me immediately – something to warm the heart” (p. 11). I can get past the use of the word “sweets” by thinking of it as just a word I would never use (unless, of course, I was disguised as an evil witch and trying to lure some unsuspecting kids into my gingerbread house – and even then I would probably say “sweeties”), and by accepting that maybe in some other English-speaking city someone else might use it. The translation of “warmer”, though, was disappointing. I could only imagine that this was one of those charming Russian words that end in nik, like tyeplovnik or something else that sounds really fun. “Warmer” doesn't really convey the sense of usefulness that a word ending in nik has, and also it’s stupid. No badass American prisoner would use the word “warmer”. I admit that it would take some poetic license to come up with a better word that conveys that meaning in English, but come on, Alyona Kojevnikov! Can you stop taking everything so literally, or do I need to call Seamus Heaney in to replace you? (Always time for a Beowulf joke, right?) There has been no colour in Dominion for decades. Not since the Emperor and his Necromancer stole it. Now they live off its power leaving the rest of the world to exist in perpetual greyness. Working in tandem with green and aquamarine, yellow can be found in abundance in our natural world. In fact, the warmth of the sun’s rays often represents the color yellow and hopefulness most of all. Plant life and our watery ecosystems can’t survive without sunlight. This is often why we feel so hopeful in the warmth of the sun. Sunshine is a must for a good mood. Our bodies receive much-needed Vitamin D and serotonin from this light source!It also sparks creativity and will support your capability to generate inspiring thoughts and ideas.