Things You Never Knew About Black

Black Friday is coming! With all the hype, I thought it would be fun to learn more about the color black and its uses. Black is associated with power, elegance, formality, death, evil and mystery.

Did you know that Johnny Cash, The Rolling Stones, Nina Simone, Pearl Jam, Leadbelly, Lynard Skynyrd, Amy Winehouse, The Beatles, The Goo Goo Dolls, Steely Dan, The Doobie Brothers, Peter Gabriel, Michael Jackson, AC/DC, Bob Dylan and Carlos Santana are just a few of the musical artists that have recorded songs covering everything from social unrest to lost love with black in the title?

Man in Black - Johnny Cash
Paint it Black - The Rolling Stones
Black Gold - Nina Simone
Black - Pearl Jam
Black Betty - Leadbelly & Lynard Skynyrd
Back to Black - Amy Winehouse
Baby's in Black - The Beatles
Black Balloon - The Goo Goo Dolls
Black Friday - Steely Dan
Black Water - The Doobie Brothers
Fourteen Black Paintings - Peter Gabriel
Black or White - Michael Jackson
Back in Black - AC/DC
Black Crow Blues - Bob Dylan
Black Magic Woman - Carlos Santana

Black Friday Crow Giveaway
I'm giving away one of my black (Friday) crow prints. This is a reproduction print of an original pen-and-ink drawing. The image area for framing is 5 1/4" x 5 5/16"and is printed on an 8 1/2" x 11" sheet of acid free, warm off-white paper.

To Enter: Simply email me your name to: inkartist@knology.net. Please put Black Friday Crow in the subject line. I must receive your email by midnight this Friday, November 29th to be eligible. You must be 18 in order to enter.

Notification: The winner will be picked at random and will receive an email Monday morning and I will post the winner on my blog and social media sites.