The Color of Blue

I started letting my mind wander and roll around a bit today. I seem to think in circles. Starting at one point, letting one key word connect dozens of thoughts, going round the world and ending back up at the same original thought. I have thought this way all of my life. I know that a lot of times it confuses people. And God knows that I have been told more than once to just get to the point! I don't know if it is because I am creative, or because I am a Gemini, who just loves to talk, or if I am truly just crazy or if it is just how God made me. So here I go again, come along for the ride.

I was thinking about the color, the word blue…
It can be interpreted in so very many ways. From an artist view, it is one of the most basic and important colors there are. You can use so many different shades of it from ice blue to deep dark indigo blue. Or you can mix just a little of another pigment with it and come up with a whole other color to use! You would think that that in itself would be enough to ponder on, but not today… Today I am thinking of the different feelings of blue. Of course there is the obvious. "I'm feeling a little blue today." But sometimes when I feel blue it isn't a bad or negative thing. On some days, for me, if I feel blue it might mean that I am feeling especially creative with the juices just really flowing. Or I might feel as cold as a snowy winter morning, but I love wintertime, so that is a good feeling for me. When I think of my family or friends I am a warm royal blue. When my heart is breaking I feel deep deep indigo blue. And then there are times when I feel as fragile as the icy blue of a thinly frozen pond. Ready to crack under the first hint of pressure . But ah, I can also be as hard on myself and others as a rock hard blue diamond. Ready to cut thru anything and feeling quite bitter inside.

There are so many wonderful things that are filled with the color of blue that we take so for granted every day. Things we are so use to seeing and hearing that we don't even take the time to distinguish what shade of blue they are. Let's see… what about that old fluffy powder blue blanket that keeps you warm each day, or the pale slate blue of a clear day with lots of white billowing clouds surrounded by blue. Then there are the ocean depths that are too thick to see through or a dark raging blue thunderstorm. What about the blue color of the veins right under your skin. A drop of rain or the sun shining thru the blue pieces of the stained glass in your church. Or even the "Blues" of music. And then there is the magic of blue. Like the blue in the illusive but beautiful rainbow. Or the white hot blue of a very hot flame. Or the blue in our eyes. Only God can do the kind of magic it takes to get those shades of blue.

So you see, a very simple thing like the word "blue", holds so many possibilities. More than one could imagine.
So the next time that someone says to you, "I feel a little blue today". Maybe you should take a minute or two to let that sink in and instead of saying, "Oh, I'm sorry"….surprise them and say "What shade"?

Chauchetta D. 2007