MASCULAR 

FEBRUARY 2024

Issue No. 39 |BLUE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 We are very pleased to announce the publication of issue No. 39 of MASCULAR Magazine: BLUE.

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Perhaps the most noble of the spectrum, the colour Blue can be powerful or subtle, calming or cold. Through the ages, it has been given many names. From clear to deep, navy or sapphire, cerulean, indigo and aqua – all are different kinds of blue showing the enormous range of mood and feel this colour can evoke. In painting, it was the most expensive of pigments. Perhaps it is its ethereal qualities that make it so powerful – while the sky is often blue, and ours planet is a little blue ball, we can’t actually reach out and experience that kind of blue. Apparently, blue symbolises security, trust and loyalty – the men in blue? Dark blue is associated with knowledge, power and integrity – the blue suit?

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The world blue finds its origin in old Germanic languages meaning shimmering and lustrous. With a wavelength of between 450 and 495 nanometres, all the definitions and technicalities fall short of the amazing thing that is blue. From blue eyes to blue bruises, from blue jeans to blue ink – it’s part and parcel of how we experience and interact with the world. But it is all that it seems? Had a hint of red or yellow and it totally loses its cool. There’s no blue food. For all the strength and dignity that it represents, blue also seems to have a fragility about it. When you skin turns blue, that’s not a good thing. Is blue over used? Let's see what our amazing contributors have to say about BLUE.

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MASCULAR Magazine is fortunate and honoured to be able to showcase this fascinating and beautiful collection of works. In this issue, you will see things that may resonate with you or that may challenge you, but in any case, they will certainly engage you.

 

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