Flax have been domesticated just once from the wild species "Linum bienne", called pale flax. Several other species in the genus "Linum" are similar in appearance to "L. usitatissimum", cultivated flax, including some that have similar blue flowers, and others with white, yellow, or red flowers. Some of these are perennial plants, unlike "L. usitatissimum", which is an annual plant. Cultivated flax plants grow to tall, with slender stems. The leaves are glaucous green, slender lanceolate, 20–40 mm long, and 3 mm broad. The flowers are pure pale blue, 15–25 mm in diameter, with five petals. The fruit is a round,
The Colours of Life "The Colours of Life," he also garnered inspiration from the works of label Windham Hill, Manuel Gottsching and Suzanne Ciani, as well as Balearic music. Michael Silver began creating "The Colours of Life" on a laptop in the first half of 2011 while living in a Paris apartment. When writing the first song for what was initially planned to be an album titled "The Colours of Life", Silver felt it should "morph" into another track "for whatever reason." He then kept making songs that transitioned into other tracks until he created a 40-minute piece of "12 pure pop instrumentals" that