Color of the Hearth
Marjorie Han
White foxes the ermine beluga whales know nothing of leukophobia ( the human fear of the color white ) along with a fear of ghosts phantoms the specter of a woman in white commonly seen by those who see such things .
White is like no color achromatic supposed consistency of sunlight or chalk acquiring a tinge of blue like breast milk or glaciers or it ’ s a chaste white underwear & bedsheets white of the 18 th century & so many women ’ s names are derived from white flowers & pearls .
( No one should get married as I did sporting a tiara of white roses as if equipped to impersonate the Statue of Liberty wearing a gown & carrying a torch-like nosegay .)
A more austere white blanc cassé was worn by women immediately a er the French Revolution white also a sign of reincarnation & the tone of linen robes veils and shawls of the priestesses of Hestia ( also called Vesta ) those guardians of the sacred hearth .