How I rationalize color

I am not someone who wears a lot of color. In fact, a quick glance at my closet reveals that I hardly ever shy away from black, grey, or white. And on special days, when I am hit with a random sense of adventure, olive green, maroon, or navy blue do the trick. Despite my obvious fear of wearing things that are too loud, I am attracted to color. I appreciate it in my house, in animate objects, on walls--essentially, anywhere but on me. The one exception would be a fabulous party, --no girl can resist a show-stopping cocktail dress. Am I right?

All jokes aside, I believe that my attraction to color in other things is my way of balancing out the lights from the darks, the extravagant from the subdued. This photograph of Questlove, drummer from the band, "The Roots," inspires me in that it has helped me understand how I perceive color. You see, you don't have to wear color to be a colorful person, so to speak. It's about what you give off.  In the same way that a tapestry, a vase, or a rug can light up a room, so does what you say and what you do. In other words, "you wear the clothes, they don't wear you."

Photo was taken by Pari Dukovic for the March 2014 issue of Wired Magazine.