Jace Daniel: Storyteller, Author, Media Designer

True Nostalgia

“Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American mind. We wallow in nostalgia but manage to get it all wrong. True nostalgia is an ephemeral composition of disjointed memories, but American-style nostalgia is about as ephemeral as copyrighted deja vu.”
— Florence King

The First Frame

“You have only 30 seconds in a TV commercial. If you grab attention in the first frame with a visual surprise, you stand a better chance of holding the viewer. People screen out a lot of commercials because they open with something dull. When you advertise fire-extinguishers, open with the fire.”
— David Ogilvy

Green symbolizes go in its use in traffic signals, railway signals and ship signals. It is also the color of informational and directional signs. Fire escape exit signs are green in some countries, but red in others.

In the Middle Ages, green represented evil or demonic beings (including dragons) and sometimes love.

In heraldry, green is called vert.

In North American stock markets, green is used to denote a rise in stock prices. In East Asian stock markets, green is used to denote a drop in stock prices.

In night vision goggles, the color green is used to display the enhanced image because the human eye is able to discern the most shades in that color.

In auto racing a green flag signals the start or resumption of a race.

Because of its camouflage properties, green is typically used for the field uniforms for many military services. It is also used as the dress uniform for many land forces and marines.

Green is a symbol of Ireland, which is often referred to as “the Emerald Isle”. The color is particularly identified with the republican and nationalist traditions in modern times. It is used this way on the flag of the Republic of Ireland, in balance with the unionist orange.

Green also serves as a symbol of the Esperanto language. The color is particularly associated with the green star, and is seen too on the Esperanto flag.

Green is the traditional color of Islam, likewise because of its association with nature. Muhammad is reliably quoted in a hadith as saying that “water, greenery, and a beautiful face” were three universally good things.

The Green Screen was the common name for a monochrome CRT computer display using a green P1 Phosphor screen.

The emotion of envy is traditionally associated with the color green.

In the Qu’ran, sura Al-Insan, followers of Allah in Jannah wear fine green silk.

Green is the color of the snooker ball which has a 3-point value, and is also a common color for the baize on a snooker table.

The Green Lantern is a DC Comics superhero.

The Green Arrow is a DC Comics superhero.

Green is the color generally associated with Plaid Cymru, the Welsh political party – but not for reasons of its political ideology.

British racing green is a popular color for cars. It was made famous by the likes of Bentley in the early 20th Century. It is the traditional color for race cars sponsored by British automakers.

One video and film compositing technique uses a Greenscreen or Bluescreen.

In The Fifth Element, green is a fad expression popularized by talk show host Ruby Rhod indicating something trendy or stylish.

It’s Not Easy Being Green – a popular song by Kermit the Frog.

Ready or Not

Just when you don’t think
It all could happen to you
It suddenly does.

Information Filtered

“I’m not aware of too many things, but I know what I know, if you know what I mean.”
— Edie Brickell

“Continued their course west till the afternoon, then southwest and discovered that what they had taken for land was nothing but clouds.”
— Christopher Columbus