The earth is rich and vibrant with carpets and curtains of myriad greens after June’s nurturing rain and snow showers. Radiantly emanating a strong life force. Sweetly breathing in, while we breath out. Cleansing. Deeply satisfying. Feeding the soul and our primitive need for the solace and the promise of what a green environment brings – food and water, sustenance for body and soul.
From “Psychological Properties of Color”:
“GREEN. Balance
Positive: Harmony, balance, refreshment, universal love, rest, restoration, reassurance, environmental awareness, equilibrium, peace.
Green strikes the eye in such a way as to require no adjustment whatever and is, therefore, restful. Being in the centre of the spectrum, it is the color of balance – a more important concept than many people realize. When the world about us contains plenty of green, this indicates the presence of water, and little danger of famine, so we are reassured by green, on a primitive level.”
“And the needles of the pine trees, freshly washed to a deep, rich green, shimmered with droplets that blinked like clear crystals.”
-Billie Letts
“Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises”
-Pedro Calderon de la Barca
r; who has retained the spirit of infancy even into the era of manhood.”
“…I don’t know exactly what a prayer is.
“A rainy day is the perfect time for a walk in the woods.”
“Kawa” is for heavy rain, “Ililani” for a storm, “hikiki’i” for rain that comes at a slant. Earlier in this blog, I enjoyed writing about the Eskimos many names for snow, and my 200 names for Love. It is this honoring of the essence of things and of taking the time needed to notice, acknowledge and feel the nuances and differences, that bestows the rain, the snow and love with such depth and breath.
