No one can be told what 'to pop' means. Deft command of this versatile
verb comes only with many patient hours spent watching '
design' shows on
Home and Garden Television and
TLC. Sit back, relax, and let the miracle of
osmosis work its magic. Soon, your intelligence will diffuse through the TV screen-cum-
semi-permeable membrane, to that area of reduced intelligence concentration - the brains of the so-called '
designers' on the other side of the glass - and in short order the lighting-quick
intuition needed to
conjugate 'pop' in any and every situation will be yours.
- "we're going to paint this boring mahogany table fuschia, it should really make it pop"
- "this lampshade really pops with these shitty beads stapled to it"
- "the combination of peach, maroon, turquoise, emerald, canary, and charcoal doesn't seem to pop as much as we thought... better add some silver leaf"
Once you learn to let go of such naive and amateur concerns as "what the hell does pop mean?", or "can you please explain why I even want it to pop in the first place?", make your peace with the apparent inconsistent, contradictory, and generally indiscriminate usage of the word, and surrender to the tireless quest to make it pop, make all of it pop,
make each and every thing you see pop! ...you will at last be ready to graduate to the
other central verb of interior decorating:
to pull it all together
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