On the last Sunday of each month, LAVA welcomes interested individuals to gather in downtown Los Angeles, for a structured Salon featuring formal presentations and opportunities to meet and connect with one another. If you’re interested in joining LAVA as a creative contributor or an attendee, we recommend Salon attendance as an introduction to this growing community. <\/p>\n
At the July 2014 LAVA Sunday Salon, David Boul\u00c3\u00a9 presented on The Orange & the Dream of California.<\/p>\n
Cloaked in mystery and available only to the elite until modern times, the orange has been known as the fruit of the gods, the food of emperors, a token of gratitude and a symbol of health, wealth and love. Since it entered history, the dream of California has been that it is a place of plenty, of potential, of personal opportunity. The orange became a glowing symbol of this dream. David Boul\u00c3\u00a9, author of the recently released The Orange and the Dream of California (Angel City Press), will take a lively, literary and extraordinarily visual look at this colorful and captivating history and reveal the tremendous impact of the orange on the culture and development of California, and how these two entities have built on one another to feed the imagination and conjure a compelling fantasy.<\/p>\n
A third generation Californian, David has a lifelong fascination with the history, culture, achievements and uniqueness of the region. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The enduring image of California as paradise and the orange as unique among all fruit is because, partially, these things are true. These traits have then been magnified by poets and boosters, artists and hucksters, songwriters and bureaucrats\u00e2\u20ac\u201dwith both artistic and commercial motivation\u00e2\u20ac\u201dto appeal to people\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s continuing desire to believe that such exceptional perfection can really exist,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he says.<\/p>\n