I do love the theater of my dreams. This morning I woke to the memory of a comedy wherein Robert Vaughn was reprising his role as the Man from U.N.C.L.E. but from his current-age perspective. We were going back to the old but bringing our current wisdom with us, and so we got to stop at various point mid-stream and discuss why we were doing certain things. There were lot of do-overs and endless costume changes, with each costume evolving into something more gloriously elaborate and colorful. It was bit disappointing when I realized my waking-life closet didn’t contain the wonders my dreaming closet did.
Nevertheless I woke up thinking about color. I know other places are awash in spring-time color, but we’re still ensconced in the brown/grays of winter dormancy. But I can almost hear the colors underground pushing their way through to slowly defrosting soil. Riotous color is on its way – it just hasn’t quite arrived yet.
But that got me thinking about Holi – that wonderful Indian festival of colors. It just so happens it’s celebrated tomorrow, the day of the full moon. Don’t you love seeing pictures of people covered in color – it such a fun thing!
The annual 5K color runs bring in the same spirit of color exuberance. While I haven’t participated in any, it makes my heart happy thinking about them. Isn’t this a great photo of color craziness? If you don’t know about the races, or want to check out if there’s one near you, or if you just want to see some fun videos, check out the official site.
But if Holi celebrations or color runs aren’t in your future, that doesn’t mean you can’t whole-heartedly embrace color in other ways.
I love Rumi’s admonishment:
Become earth, you may grow flowers of many colors.
And because today is Tuesday and that means Artsyville’s weekly Glue-It invitation, I pulled some colored scraps and pasted them in a journal. I’ve got the result posted at the top. As is often the case, I have writing tucked inside the yellow pocket and behind the plant “person.” The fortune is from today’s lunch and it made me laugh. It reads: “A mentor is someone whose hindsight can become your foresight.” Cookie confirmation of my dream.
So tell me, are you hearing the call of color? If you were a color what would you be? Are you finding new ways to paint your world? Do you have a colorful story to share? A favorite color crayon or delightful color name? Do share, I’d love to hear.
absolutely love how you arranged these pieces! beautiful!
Thanks Aimee. And thanks for the invitation to keep the glue stick handy.
I feel coloring pushing through as well. I just know it’s right around the corner and I can see the bright shades of green on the trees, if only in my mind right now. I absolutely adore your fortune cookie wisdom. What a great one.
LOL – yes Michele I see those invisible-to-the-eye-just-now beautiful Spring-green trees leaves too. I love fortune cookie wisdom. I think because I delight in those little slips of paper so much they make an effort to be at there witty best. 😉
What a wonderful post Deborah. It’s the perfect burst of colour that I was needing to help me sense spring that is hopefully not too far away. I loved seeing the 5K color run video. I couldn’t help but think that my son would love to be there (minus the noise probably)… he loves colours and music. He’d certainly have a splash of it there and would probably very much feel at home. 🙂
Thank you for sending a ray of colour into my day. xo
Yay for splashes of color everywhere – in our art, our lives, everywhere. I’d be all for a color splashing party, minus most of the noise and crowds of the 5K run. If that ever happens know I’ll invite you and your son.
You even managed to get the full moon in your collage…beautiful! (Love the trees)
Lynn
Thanks for stopping by Lynn. La Luna likes to be a leading character in both my life and my art, and she likes when she can show her full face. 😉
Your collage is fabulous and yes, I love to see people covered in color. I hope Spring arives quickly as I’m tired of the cold and grey in Holland too…. happy Easter!
Thanks Marit. Have a lovely Easter, and hopefully Spring will realize she’s late and rush to join the party.
Ohhh a colour race! I’m off to google now! Beautiful writing, and love the journal page! Thank you for sharing, and for stopping by!
Thanks for visiting Heather. And I hope you get to participate (or witness) a color run. Then you’ll have to post photos so we can all swoon in color delight.
I love color. I love the fortune cookie saying. I’m sorry you are still gripped in winter. We’ve got cherry trees blooming in our town. Not at our elevation, yet. We are always two weeks behind with blooms. The tulip leaves are up and a bit chomped by the elk. I’m going to do some color work tonight. Maybe make a bracelet, maybe play on Pinterest. Thanks for the blog. Sorry about the random comment–working at getting ready for work.
It’s always a delight to have you stop by Sheila. Oooh cherry blossoms in town and tulip leaves munched on by elks – sounds perfectly wonderful! Enjoy your color play!
What a great dream! It was so much fun getting to read about it. And I always hear the call of color, but it’s especially strong this time of year. I had never heard of Holi, so thanks so much for that link and the Rumi quote. This was a delightful post!
Thanks Kim. Glad you’re a color-listener too. 😉
I feel as though spring is arriving late in lots of places. Here near Philadelphia it is still chilly and grey. I love your collage, especially the arrangement of vertical papers on the right. I always find brown to be an appealing backdrop to collage. Lovely post.
Thanks for stopping by Andria. Hopefully our spring weather (and all those beautiful colors) will arrive soon.
I don’t hear the colors but I smell them! And that’s so nice. Love your round face – is that a person (I can’t say a man) in the moon? I was out late (book club meeting) and on the way home, the big-old moon was shining bright. Beautiful! {:-Deb
MMM, smelling colors – how perfect! And how lovely you got a dose of big beautiful full moon energy on your way home last night. And yep, that’s Mama Moon smiling her good wishes in my collage.
We are about to enter the Autumn explosion of colour, which will be good, because everything is looking very brown at the moment (not that I am complaining about sun, because soon enough I will be missing it terribly!). Funny you mentioned Holi, last weekend we came upon a Holi celebration and my children had great fun throwing pigment at each other and the others. A glorious explosion of colour. Love your pages.
I love thinking of you moving into autumn color – it seems a lovely reminder of balance. And how fun about the Holi celebration. Explosions of color! Makes my heart happy.
great job! I love your pages. Adding the Rumi quote is perfect. His words are the best.
I agree Fran – Rumi has been such a beautiful guiding light and wisdom-holder for so many. I never tire of reading him.
I love your pages and hope colour pops into your life soon. II think if I were to paint myself I would be red, I’ve always been attracted to red and shades of red.
Thanks Ros. And here’s to showing up in the world painted with vibrant shades of gorgeous red!
Deborah I think we are all yearning for color…it is called Spring! 🙂 If I were a color…yellow! It is the cheery color of sunflowers and a beautiful sunny sky!
Sunflowers and sunny skies…sounds perfect Belinda!
Deborah, Yes, I am definitely hearing the call of color! Today, if I were a color, it might be red-violet. I am adding binding to my small COLOR-full art quilt made up fabrics I dyed a few weeks ago. Love your art–reminds me of my honey money here on my desk! Blessings.
Oh what a fun project Janet. I look forward to seeing photos when you post them. And red-violet is such a rich wonderful color. I’m going to have to see what I can include in my garden with that hue this year.