Complex Numbers

Revisited: "None More Black"

Today's dip into the murky well of the past takes us back over five years, before the beginning of my current daily blogging streak (but not much before), to an entry for 30DBC: "None More Black" 

The prompt was: What is your favorite color? Do you have a favorite color pairing? What’s something in your life that you picture when you think of your favorite color? Do you choose to wear clothing that is your favorite color? Has your favorite color changed over your life?

Now, we all know I have a lousy memory, but I'm pretty sure I remember that when this prompt appeared, lo these many years ago, I read the first question and immediately thought of the "Questions Three" from Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

Quoting certain movies and/or books has that effect on me. One cannot mention the number 42 without evoking my memories of Douglas Adams' Hitch Hiker's Guide, for example. I see a Twinkie, and the Twinkie scene from Ghostbusters plays in my head. Sometimes, I can suppress the urge to blurt it out, especially when I'm writing and can deliberately avoid the subject.

With this one, however, I managed to suppress the Python reference only to get caught up in a Spinal Tap reference. Luckily, the gif I found for "none more black" is still active after all this time. I'll post it again for anyone unwilling to go see the earlier entry:



There followed a short treatise on the beauty of black, and really, not much has changed for me in that regard since then.

And the film This Is Spinal Tap (released 40 years ago) continues to be a cultural touchstone.