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——— SUMMARY ———

A word for the color blue wasn't always around. Written in 750 BC, Homer's Odyssey does not contain the word for blue. Perhaps because Blue is rare in the animal kingdom. So often it's just a trick of light in the natural world.

Perhaps because it was so incredibly difficult for humans to create a blue artificial pigment? Only when we finally could create blue did we give it a name.

So what did we see before we saw Blue? And what else does Nature teach us about the rules of language that guide how we perceive the natural world?

——— CREDITS ———

• "Blue" by Eiffel65 has been licensed for airplay by the Harry Fox Agency, 40 Wall St. NY NY

• Support for Rebel Nature in part by Blick Art Supplies

• Produced by Quail Run Studios

• Original script and music by Christopher Grant Ward

• Learn more about the host christophergrantward.com

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Credits

Support for Rebel Nature in part by an affiliate partnership with Blick Art Supplies Produced and managed by Quail Run Studios Original Music written and recorded by Christopher Grant Ward. Any commercial music used in this episode has been licensed for airplay by the Harry Fox Agency, 40 Wall St. NY NY You can learn more about me and my art at christophergrantward.com

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