After research I have concluded that Goethe must be a reference to the German writer, artist, and politician Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
He published a work titled "Theory of Colours" in which he describes what he believed the nature of colors to be and how people perceive them.
So, I saw the connection of the color Green, and Goethe's theory, so I researched what he specifically theorized about green.
According to Goethe, the colors yellow and blue are the "first" of primary colors, being the most important. The color green is a mutual combination of these colors, where no color is dominant, but they are blended equally. It is a harmony of two important figures. I wonder then, if the cafe is supposed to be a blending place of two dominant forces, or people, even -- is it where two worlds collide? or two different types of people collide? Thoughts?
Blending. Mixing. Very interesting. I feel it may even link back to a question you posed about Gordon (or any other "monster" out there) - Can a person be a monster and savior at the same time? Perhaps, if they are are balanced. If the monster they mix with the savior indeed brings about a "color". If it brings the absence of color (blackness) well, perhaps its then, in that imbalance, in that wrinkle of the system that one dies of a heart attack?
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