Spinal Tap ;o)
For the Group Life is a Rainbow. The colour is Dark Green. (no3 of the Dark Green sequence)
And Happy Cliche Saturday too! ;o)
I just couldn't pass up the chance to celebrate! When I thought of "dark green" as a colour for the Rainbow group I immediately thought of the signature colour of Virago Books! As iconic as the orange or black Penguin books, the dark green colour of Virago stood out proudly in the book stores from the early 1970s. It was the first time that I (along with so many other women) could hear the voices of other women, recognise our shared experiences, and talk about so many subjects that had been forbidden. It was the first time that women had claimed back even the word "Virago" from the realm of the insult and the 'put-down'.
I've added a smattering of other books on my bookshelf too ... and just a taste of Virago books on my shelves of so many books written by women and for women. It is easy to forget today, just how hard it was to get published as a woman. Mary Anne Evans? No? Try George Eliot! So many women had to disguise their sex to be taken seriously and to be published. Even Joanna Rowling "revealed that she was advised to use her initials on her first book so as not to alienate male readers". It is still a live issue ;o)
I added a candle to the still life, to suggest how the books have lit up my world, and made the shot as clear as I could, so you can 'tap' into and read the spines. Some of my favourites are missing, as their spines are so broken that the titles are almost unreadable! And the old newspaper that the book shelf is resting on - is a series of articles on Sylvia Plath - I had to include her too o))
Texture: 2LO Texture Artists 8
Life is a Rainbow Here
Saturday Cliche and Smiles: Here
Spinal Tap ;o)
For the Group Life is a Rainbow. The colour is Dark Green. (no3 of the Dark Green sequence)
And Happy Cliche Saturday too! ;o)
I just couldn't pass up the chance to celebrate! When I thought of "dark green" as a colour for the Rainbow group I immediately thought of the signature colour of Virago Books! As iconic as the orange or black Penguin books, the dark green colour of Virago stood out proudly in the book stores from the early 1970s. It was the first time that I (along with so many other women) could hear the voices of other women, recognise our shared experiences, and talk about so many subjects that had been forbidden. It was the first time that women had claimed back even the word "Virago" from the realm of the insult and the 'put-down'.
I've added a smattering of other books on my bookshelf too ... and just a taste of Virago books on my shelves of so many books written by women and for women. It is easy to forget today, just how hard it was to get published as a woman. Mary Anne Evans? No? Try George Eliot! So many women had to disguise their sex to be taken seriously and to be published. Even Joanna Rowling "revealed that she was advised to use her initials on her first book so as not to alienate male readers". It is still a live issue ;o)
I added a candle to the still life, to suggest how the books have lit up my world, and made the shot as clear as I could, so you can 'tap' into and read the spines. Some of my favourites are missing, as their spines are so broken that the titles are almost unreadable! And the old newspaper that the book shelf is resting on - is a series of articles on Sylvia Plath - I had to include her too o))
Texture: 2LO Texture Artists 8
Life is a Rainbow Here
Saturday Cliche and Smiles: Here