Many readers fail to realize this, but 'The Color Purple' is a theological text. It is about the reclamation of one's original God: the earth and nature.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I think 'The Color Purple' is so bursting with love, the need for connection, the showing of the need for connection around the globe.
I saw what Purple meant to people and I still hear it now when I'm in Europe. I'm always shocked that I'm still asked about Purple because it was such a long time ago.
With 'Greek Gods,' I wanted to go with the blue and green hues of sky and water; with 'Heroes,' I felt the color needed to be more dramatic and give a sense of battle, rage, and yes, of blood. That's the world these demigods lived in, and I felt that orange and red would also compliment the greenish blue of the 'Gods' cover.
Colours exist for me as entities in themselves, as metaphysical beings.
Color is a power which directly influences the soul.
God's colors all are fast.
Each color lives by its mysterious life.
As a blind man has no idea of colors, so have we no idea of the manner by which the all-wise God perceives and understands all things.
The Lord survives the rainbow of His will.
The novel and the film of 'The Color Purple' are both works of the imagination that make claim to historical truth.