[img]541|left|Carter Dewberry||no_popup[/img]Maybe this is my version of a mid-life crisis.
Growing up, I always declared my favorite color to be black. I went so far as to wear all black for over two months in my sophomore year in high school. (It began with a boycott of Valentine’s Day… that almost never ended.) Yes, I had that many black outfits. No wonder I chose music as a career.
More than a decade later, in celebration of my divorce – and completion of my doctoral degree – I chose red as my new preferred expressive outlet. Everything from my hair to one of my band’s names to my attire took on a fiery (and drastically more dramatic) hue.
Maybe it is married life (to a man this time who is strong enough to allow me to safely explore my feminine side)… or perhaps it is a need to reclaim some never-before-explored stereotypical ideal. Whatever the reason, I just bought my first hot pink plant.
This exotic beauty looks like a delightfully disobedient bonsai tree. It is three times as wide as it is tall with unruly branches. It sheds spiky pink leaves everywhere. I love it.
I threw away the card that named the variety. It is irrelevant. What matters is that it complements the new pink wall and wine-colored acoustic panels in my office.
I am not saying pink is my new red… but I have enough pragmatic black and fiery red already brewing in my life. It is time to add a new spice to the mix.
Ms. Dewberry, an accomplished cellist, completed her DMA in Chamber Music Performance from UCLA in December 2005. She received her MM in Cello Performance from UCLA in June 2002 and her B.M. in Cello Performance from Western Michigan University in April 1998. She also holds a B.A. in French with a minor in Women's Studies and Philosophy.
Her website is www.carterdewberry.com
She may be contacted at carter@carterdewberry.com
