color

today i heard 2 children ask each other "what's your favorite color?" this must be in the top 20 kid-question book somewhere. i'm thinking identification with color must surely come with us through the birth canal. even a small baby will migrate to a certain color and i believe it all has meaning. color is one of the most mysterious, yet scientific miracles on earth. how can a rainbow come from the sun shining through a glass on the window sill? fantastic.

most of my life, i've been pretty consistent in saying that purple is my favorite color. maybe it came from having Donnie and Marie dolls, but i think it's much deeper than that. i recently researched the meaning of colors and purple has a thread of spirituality, wisdom and creativity. hmmm... all of which i have or need more of. it's also the color of the crown chakra, which is the gate for all inspiration. groovy.
i have to include another current favorite, however, after looking at the sky the other day. we say the sky is blue, but i realized that the thing that makes it blue is the infinite expansion of it. so, for me, blue is the color of eternity, infinity and all things omni. it also happens to be the color of truth, which is something i am grasping the heels of these days, for my very survival. and i won't let go. so blue is there to remind me. the blue christmas lights over my head right now are singing their song to me.
the meaning of each color is debated in different circles, but if you look , you'll usually find a common thread among them. most important, though, is what the color means to you personally. how do you feel when you look at it? what are your associations with it? do you prefer it alone or mixed with other hues? where do you notice it? make notes on paper or in your heart, but make sure that you "see" the rainbow around you.