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Sunshine Challenge #1: Amber
Jul. 19th, 2022 10:44 pmSo. I'm late with the Sunshine Challenge because I spent the beginning of July preparing to host an eleven-person dinner party, spending a day at singing coaching then recovering from same, and then the first full week having Camplet, based at my house but extending all over Norfolk (and part of Suffolk). So I'm behind.
Without in any way intending to be mean about it, I'm also, hmm, less than enthralled by the theme. I like gemstones and minerals, but I don't like the notion that a chunk of mineral has healing powers or can help you sleep, or whatever. To that I say, Hmph! It makes it harder to respond to the prompts. I like rocks, and minerals, semi-precious stones, whatever, it's just that these associations bug me.
But I enjoy these challenges, they give me a reason to think about things I wouldn't otherwise have posted about, so I shall have a go. And prompts are, after all, springboards rather than rails.
So. Amber. Which apparently comes in red, green or even blue, but is mostly that nice orange colour (I prefer it without the flies, personally). When we see it on its own here in Norfolk it apparently means 'go faster'.
Anyway, associated with: cleansing, healing, protection, renewal; a talisman for courage and confidence. Which makes it a highly appropriate name for The Amber Foundation. I hadn't heard of this place before, I websearched Amber and this came up, but it looks pretty good.
According to myth—Greek myth, presumably—when Phaeton the son of Helios was killed, his mourning sisters became poplar trees, and their tears became amber. Which is 'elektron' in the original, and since amber is apparently able to bear a charge of static electricity, the word 'electricity' is derived from it. Kinda cool.
And finally, a self-rec, because Spot is a striped orange cat, Data has yellow eyes, and that cleansing, healing, protection, renewal thing really fits with An Odd State of Flux, which is set immediately after the TNG episode The Most Toys.
Without in any way intending to be mean about it, I'm also, hmm, less than enthralled by the theme. I like gemstones and minerals, but I don't like the notion that a chunk of mineral has healing powers or can help you sleep, or whatever. To that I say, Hmph! It makes it harder to respond to the prompts. I like rocks, and minerals, semi-precious stones, whatever, it's just that these associations bug me.
But I enjoy these challenges, they give me a reason to think about things I wouldn't otherwise have posted about, so I shall have a go. And prompts are, after all, springboards rather than rails.
So. Amber. Which apparently comes in red, green or even blue, but is mostly that nice orange colour (I prefer it without the flies, personally). When we see it on its own here in Norfolk it apparently means 'go faster'.
Anyway, associated with: cleansing, healing, protection, renewal; a talisman for courage and confidence. Which makes it a highly appropriate name for The Amber Foundation. I hadn't heard of this place before, I websearched Amber and this came up, but it looks pretty good.
According to myth—Greek myth, presumably—when Phaeton the son of Helios was killed, his mourning sisters became poplar trees, and their tears became amber. Which is 'elektron' in the original, and since amber is apparently able to bear a charge of static electricity, the word 'electricity' is derived from it. Kinda cool.
And finally, a self-rec, because Spot is a striped orange cat, Data has yellow eyes, and that cleansing, healing, protection, renewal thing really fits with An Odd State of Flux, which is set immediately after the TNG episode The Most Toys.