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I am now 57 years young.

When I was (much) younger, all of my clothes, shoes and accessories were black. Apparently, there was nothing wrong with me. I just went through that (long) phase where I felt comfortable in matching black with black and looking slim and vamp.

As the years went by and the various comfort zones started getting narrower -unavoidably life became larger and more complicated- I realised that issues could not be handled efficiently whilst in the black mode. I discovered that every refined emotion coming along with growing up, good or bad, could be better expressed with "color".

Obviously not just with the de-blackened wardrobe... but with an overall lighter style, an educated tendency to let things pass, to forgive faster, to use humor as a tool rather than that black ink eyeliner, to buy flowers for the vase in the kitchen, add numerous multicolored sofa cushions, throw animal print coverlets on the living room armchairs, buy objects & accessories that resembled Missoni & Etro patterns, wear scarfs in unimagined colors like lilac or mint green, wear floral fragrances, showering with musk & rose soaps, add blonde hair highlights and trace the newfound "color" everywhere, even in people.

And then, through the entrance of colors and their derivatives, creativity struck like a zigzag golden fat lightning striking straight from the ultra black sky into the middle of the empty field, illuminating it all up.

As the months and years went by, mixed salads with fruits 'n' nuts replaced fast food meals, clothes became beige, pink, blue and green whilst white, grey and brown shoes were added in my collection. Wrapping gifts and choosing their matching ribbons became an amazing experience, exploring alternative templates on power point became a hobby, meeting friends from far with their multiple photos on Facebook (no A.I., no Instagram, no Tik Tok back then) introduced compelling cultural aesthetics' variations and gradually, all that was black faded away and found its place, basically in the background.

Color is progress, Color is joy, Color is good aesthetics, Color is Natural, Color is free & abundant and it works with any idea, any project, any creation and any Client. Color in all its forms and levels is, in the end, a life approach that the kind, wise and progressive both understand & appreciate.

I strongly recommend it!