Then it occurred to me that red is the colour of the apple.
Apples way go back in time, before we even had words; back when a garbled sound coming out of the mouths of one of our ancestors was construed as communication. And we all know the story of the infamous snake, the tempting apple and the two happily 'naked' humans. A lot of things happened in that tale.
The snake tempted the beautiful and voluptuous Eve to take a bite of the apple from the tree of knowledge. I'm sure he tried Adam first, but our favourite perfectly chiseled alpha male refused and instead nudged his counterpart, therefore successfully playing his part in the 'temptation', just so that he would avoid any consequences of that 'oh-so-life-altering' bite. But Eve, the ultimate woman, didn't need much convincing. She has always been curious by nature, and courageous too, and a little too trusting for her own good. She gave in to the temptation and took one delicious juicy bite. And she fell. She fell. And being the more intelligent species, decided to take Adam with her. Smart move girlfriend!
Love...is that apple. Temptation followed by the fall. Thus the colour red. It all kinda fits. If we go by history, once Adam and Eve had the apple, they became conscious of themselves and that was the birth of the 'intimate parts' and the dire need for the fig leafs. It's also around that time, that they actually checked each other out and LUST was created. Fornication followed swiftly thereafter. Kind of reminds you of love, doesn't it? 'Fall' in love and make some love.
I've also noticed, just like Eve, women are easily tempted, especially by love. Still more trusting, and curious and courageous. And it always takes a man to take his own sweet time to make sense of anything that has recently taken place, and thus painfully slow at catching up with all the Love business. But let's not stereotype here...even though mostly that's how that ball rolls.
So I'd like to believe, that's how Love got it's colour.
In the next blog, maybe we can explore how Red became Angry.
