Revolution in colour

[freakiness]

http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/civics/brightly-painted-stairway-in-turkey-starts-color-revolution-ag...

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A 64 year-old man in Istanbul decided to brighten people's days by painting rainbow colors on the old, gray, crumbling stairs near his house.

When municipal officials sent workers after nightfall to hurriedly repaint the stairs gray, a quiet revolution started on Twitter.

Not only did volunteers come out to repaint those stairs that Huseyin Cetinel had spent hundreds of dollars on, they started painting other stairs and walkways in other cities around Turkey posting photos on social media.

A very colorful Pandora's Box had unwittingly been opened.

[freakiness]

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because I can!

[lloydslights]

Back in the 1960's, the southern end of Pitt St, Sydney was dark, grotty and with closed shops.  

In about 2008, well after Westfield took over Parramatta, I took the "free bus" used by tourists to view the city centre (of Pmatta)  The buildings, the closed shopfronts were dark and filthy and architetecturally  non-inspiring.  

It was reflecting on the inhabitants, they too seemed to become the same with everyone wearing dark clothing and less and less smiles.  I call it the dim,dark ages.

Colour is needed all around us.  (Other than fluoro workshirts) 

DEB

[ca04]

some councils in Australia require their permission on what colour you will paint your house.

[love*today]

Yeah ca and that **bleep** me off!
If you own the house you should be able to paint it however you want!
We talk about freedom but when I look at things, I see restrictions everywhere.

[love*today]

Love the pics spot. Will def check out more of his work.

[spotweldersfriend]

Pretty soon you'll need 100 points to use a public toilet.You might be thinking of putting a bomb behind the cistern.

[lloydslights]

Continuing... 

After the Sydney Olympics,  I recall that overseas visitors also commented on how dreary we dress with too many dark colours.

DEB

[love*today]

Lol yeah...lucky for me I avoid public toilets at all costs *shudders

[love*today]

Really? Wow...might be a city thing?

Up here most people dress in lots of colour. I would like to see tropical shirt Friday take of better though and all businesses get behind it. It's just a bit of fun for the tropics and it breaks up the day to day dredge.

[lloydslights]

Unfortunately, some people don't consider other people's outlook.  

Imagine ... viewing out your beautiful french doors, across the well kept lawn, to your neighbour's purple with pink polka dots wall cladding with lime green roofing.  

I do agree with you though on some colours that the councils will agree on....like ONLY RED, for colorbond roofing in a particular council area????

DEB