Is it true that Boston Red Sox is the symbol of Boston City, so red becomes the representative color of the city? Or, is it the reddish-brown brick buildings and lobsters that make me connect red with Boston?
In Boston, I feel that New York City is blue simply because the color of Red Socks. Living in NYC, I don't realize the impact of New York Yankee on our media environment and the mythology of the city. Only until I saw the baseball caps with big, red, capital B appeal everywhere in Boston did I realize that sports teams has dominate the sensorium of American culture.
Creating the dualism of colors is not only a way of identify the differences between two cities, it is also a way to create a difference that builds on an image without any substance. How does Boston look like? might be a stupid question I've asked my when I drew the painting above. But the answer might not be so silly if you understand we are unconsciously imitating our surroundings. Boston looks like "red."
