Growing Old (Out With Red And In With Blue)
My friends were delighted and did not resist
the temptation occasionally to nudge me towards the grave
with a straight talk. A teacher of languages called Lamb Chop
came further out into the open than most others. He said,
'You are dying your hair in order to seem younger. ' This
was untrue.
I had started to use henna when I was twenty-four but as my life was one long journey towards self-assessment, I felt I must always give consideration to the opinions of me held by other people however malicious I might secretly think them. Since I had adopted my chi-chi appearance partly as propaganda, if the message became confused, I must alter it.
I set about forcing red out and forcing blue in. This would continue my original purpose of showing that my hair was dyed but would allow it to be seen that, underneath the tinting, I was gray-haired.
I had started to use henna when I was twenty-four but as my life was one long journey towards self-assessment, I felt I must always give consideration to the opinions of me held by other people however malicious I might secretly think them. Since I had adopted my chi-chi appearance partly as propaganda, if the message became confused, I must alter it.
I set about forcing red out and forcing blue in. This would continue my original purpose of showing that my hair was dyed but would allow it to be seen that, underneath the tinting, I was gray-haired.