When you think of ‘orange’ what do you think of? The fruit? The color? The Netherlands? Me, when I think of Orange I think of endurance, a fighting spirit, the power to go on. Now why do I think that? Honestly, I’m not too sure. See in my head, a lot of colors and their respective feelings don’t make that much sense to me. Blue is a sad color? I love blue, blue makes me happy, God I would love to see more blue things. But in society the color is attributed to sadness and like I have just been forced to accept that fact my whole life without really understanding why. But orange… I don’t know why but it’s always seemed to me a strong color. Maybe it’s just being hightened by my brain because the New York Knicks baby! Woooooo! NBA Champs!! In this case, yes it does represent a fight, a will to not give up, but this has been my… headcannon for the color orange since I was a wee little lad.
Maybe it’s because you can’t ignore orange. It forces its way into your field of vision, demanding to be acknowledged. Out the corners of my eye, orange always finds a way to stick out. Whatever the root cause of my childhood brain-wiring, that vibrant, unapologetic hue has become my personal shorthand for resilience. It’s the color of showing up, digging your heels in, and refusing to back down, whether you’re the greatest basketball team on the gosh darn planet fighting for a ring, or just a regular cool yet chill guy trying to survive the daily grind.
So honestly… the rest of the world can have their blues and greens, their quiet, cool but unoriginally comfortable shades that blend into the background. I’ll stick with orange. Because every time I look out at the basket of oranges at the supe (short for supermarket btw), or even just spot a stray orange traffic cone on a rainy Tuesday, I’m reminded of what it means to have a fighting spirit. It’s vibrant, it’s unrelenting, and it refuses to be ignored. Be the orange. You want to be the one picked up for that ladies smoothie. You want to be the one chosen to be juiced tomorrow morning! Orange is the color of the grind, the color of the grit, and baby, it’s the color of champions. *daps up legendarily*
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