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Inspirational Color Quote of the Week: Color Green Prime Green “Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises.” --Pedro Calderon de la Barca (Spanish writer, poet, playwright, 1600s) What do you think? What’s your “prime” color?” What things or people or places are “prime” in your life? I like this quote. It asks us to think about color, and for Mr. De la Barca, it’s green that’s prime. Good choice. You find green in just about every aspect of nature. It’s a beautiful color featuring a wide variety of hues and shades, and it also provides a great background and brings out the vibrancy of other colors. Metaphorically, it’s associated with some pretty wonderful qualities, including growth, balance, harmony and relaxation. But as a side note, if you wanted to, I bet you could make a case for just about any other color too. And of course you can think about this with respect to just about any other aspect of your life. What people, things or places etc. are prime for you, and how do I cultivate more of that?? Wow, sometimes the simplest questions really are the most profound! Well, according to dictionary.com, there are at least three definitions of “prime,” and they compliment each other nicely. There’s the foundation: prime as meaning “of the first importance; demanding the fullest consideration.” Then there’s prime as meaning first-rate (a good cut of meat; the best ale), and there’s prime as specifying uniqueness—in mathematics, a prime number is a number that you can only get by multiplying the number by 1. (For instance, The only ways to get the numbers 3 or 5 are to multiply 3 or 5 by 1. On the other hand, if you want to get the number 4, 2 times 2 or 4 times 1 do the trick; to get the number 64, you can multiply 8 times 8; 4 times 16; 2 times 32; or 64 times 1.) Ok, enough math, but you get the idea. With his imagery for the color green, Mr. De la Barca for me really hits the nail on the head to illustrate the best of all three of these meanings. Think about it. “Green is the prime color, and that from which all the world’s loveliness arises.” You don’t have to have (though you could) as your foundation a specific goal, a to-do list to check off items or particular things you want to have around the house. For Mr. De la Barca, it’s simply the prime color for the world’s loveliness. Nothing to do. No reason to strive. Instead, Notice. Focus on what’s lovely and good, And simply enjoy. At its heart, isn’t that what setting a foundation and considering the best is all about? And it goes without saying that what’s important and what’s best for each of us is unique. We all have our favorite colors; our particular take on things that matter most to us; our unique sense of the qualities we value in ourselves. “Green is the prime color, and that from which all the world’s loveliness arises.” What a nice thought, and what a wonderful way to use green to help us get connected or reconnected with what for each of us is prime. How do these ideas resonate with you, and what are one or two actions you might want to take on that basis?
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AuthorI am a Life Coach, a Color Wisdom Card Practitioner, and yes, even a Professor (political science, State University of New York at Albany). I use the Color Wisdom Cards to support clients in exploring priorities and taking concrete actions to stay on track with the goals they set. Because in my own life I have overcome a lot of self-doubt, I want to work with people towards more confidence and self-empowerment. You can do it! What is it you want to do? Categories
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