3 days ago · Art · 0 comments

I’m feeling kind of blue today…..but it is a HAPPY BLUE! I follow a couple of Blogs that post to the Lens-Artists challenge each week, and was inspired enough by the other posts that I read to offer up a post of my own. This week’s challenge by Lens Artist Ritva Sillanmaki asks to select one color (excluding Black and White) where the chosen color is the prominent hue, and share a maximum of 6 photos. My 2019 visit to the Moroccan city of Chefchaouen came immediately into mind. Located in the Rif Mountains of Northwest Morocco, it is known as Morocco’s “Blue City”, as all of the buildings have been painted blue. Photo outside of our hotel room in Chefchaouen Strolling through the Blue City gives one the feeling that the whole city is giving off good vibes. That’s why so many foreigners go out of their way to make the journey here. View of the Blue city from a ridge above the city Blue is often used in Islamic Art and Architecture, such as in the Registan in Samarkand, Uzbekistan in…

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