Kato’s Secret Artist #6 — Violet Delights

Nothing brings me greater pleasure than purple. Purple is royal, magic and mystery. Purple, plum, violet, magenta, thistle, lilac, mauve or indigo — I’m not picky. I’ll take all the hues between red and blue. Purple used to be worth its weight in silver, did you know that? First you had to find thousands of special teeny-weeny little sea snails, **crush** their shells and **rip** them out. After, you’d need to soak them, before removing a miniscule little gland which you would then **squeeze** all the juice out of. The juice then sat in the sun, where its light would turn it white, then yellow-green, then green, then violet, and finally, a red which turned darker and darker. You had to be ...View all