Summary of Ellen Meloy's The Anthropology of Turquoise

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#1 I have suffered a reduction in mental acuity, so I decided to acquire some basic motor and tactile skills like pushing around cool, gooey paint in mindless, repetitive motions to prepare for that newly vacated space between the ears.

#2 The colors blue and red are the closest in color to the eyes of a goshawk. The colors blue and red are the most profound. They are deep, resonant mysteries with boundless subjectivity.

#3 The human eye is capable of perceiving seven to ten million colors through a synaptic flash. We use our eyes’ refined sense of vision to admire the work of Titian or the Grand Canyon bathed in the copper light of a summer sunset.

#4 The eye spreads light gently in the retina, across blood and long-stemmed nerves that resemble frilled balloons or leggy trees of bladder kelp. The eyes combine senses and affection into a homeland.

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Ebook: 21 May 2022