Really everything in life is about contrast and comparison – a term I first learned while studying fashion design a million years ago: we perceive colours based on what’s around them. Same same in life! Think it’s the end of the world because you caught a cold in Paris? (I may or may not be speaking from personal experience) – How would you like a broken leg instead? I thought so – the cold ain’t so bad now, right?
So now that Melbourne has the cold grey miseries, the golden glow of chilly autumn seems like the nicest thing in the world. If only I’d been thinking that instead of lamenting the end of summer…
