So he starts imagining what it would be to have such red hair...
He truly feels some nice red hair would reflect his state of mind, his character, his being.
There are so many nice bright red colours like magenta, different sorts of cadmium red or even some crimson red.
In general he finds that people are way to afraid when picking clothes and how they look. Why not going to work with a nice fresh red or bright green hair colour, a way of saying:
- hey, I am who I am,
- it is good to be different and not be afraid of it
- the way I look does not define who I am, it emphasises my true self in my appearance.
- I am not afraid of what people think about me, and not afraid to make fun about myself
- it distracts people on the days where Art does not wear nice clothes, and they just focus on his red hair
- people can always find you in a big crowd, and will more easily remembered.
- at the same time it allows to go incognito and not be recognised by old 'friends' that he actually would not feel like speaking to.
It is also good in a way that it shows we do not take our appearance too seriously; Wouldn't it be nice if our prime minister one day would have some red hair, and why wouldn't the bosses of organisations so come to work with some lemon yellow hairdo, instead of wearing the same grey suit every day and the same shortly cut hair.
Art also remembers when he first decided to have a beard...this lead to so much reactions and several were negative. At the same time it confirmed to him that he was right to do it, that it was a part of him that needed emphasising. Art loves people that have the courage to be different, wear different clothes, have different hair colours. Even if it is a form of rebellion, a way to speak up without sound and so much more natural.
It should be more normal not to appear normal.
