“I love red so much that I almost want to paint everything red.”
Alexander Calder’s enthusiasm is uplifting and contagious, so let’s follow his example to focus our own attention on the things we ourselves really care about. It’s easy to get distracted. It’s easy to overthink things, and it’s easy to find reasons to go in multiple directions. But as we get a little lost in those twists and turns, here’s a reminder that it only takes a few simple questions to get back on track. What gets you in a positive space? What makes you happy? What do you really love? The message to focus on your passion comes across even more clearly because it happens to be the color red that makes Alexander Calder feel so good. He’s chosen a color associated with a wide variety of emotions, ranging all the way from the heat of burning anger to the euphoria of deep and abiding love. As befits the idea of true passion, a lot of feelings, all of them strongly held, get linked with the color red. In a different vein, for those familiar with the lingo of the chakras, red is also the color associated with one’s personal foundation. As such, it helps you ground, center, and find support. It goes without saying that the stronger one’s roots and connections to what’s most fundamental, the more clarity and certainty with which one’s purpose can be fulfilled/passions developed. Finally, the color red simply grabs your attention, forcing you to engage with what it wants to say. And in this case, as represented by Alexander Calder’s enthusiasm, what red wants you to put front and center is to find the things that really keep you energized. Doesn’t Mr. Calder get you, as he did me, thinking about the things that you really love? Doesn’t he do so in a really vivid way? Doesn’t his excitement, which might lead him to paint not only everything, but for all we know everyone, red, get your attention? How do these ideas resonate with you, what are some of your own passions, and what one or two specific actions might you take this week to bring a little more of them into your life?
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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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