VIVE LA VIE

Vive la Vie –  ‘Life is wonderful’ is what it says on the card my friend has sent me. Is it a challenge? Perhaps an affirmation? In any case intentional and deliberate.  It’s a statement. No room for debate. Emphatic and unreserved. There are no grey undertones. An allusion and alluring to the richness of blessing, hope and colour.

Colour is “the property possessed by an object of producing different sensations on the eye as a result of the way it reflects or emits light”. Wonder and joy are the properties possessed by an individual producing different sensations on the heart and mind as a result of the way it reflects or embraces blessing. Thankfulness and gratitude are the hues, shades, tints and tones refracting from blessing. A rainbow of richness, hope and promise splashed boldly across the heavens broadcasting a witness to wonder undeniable.

Comparable to mixing colours, the nuances embedded in the pallet of gratitude and thankfulness range from strong, steady primary colours, endless combinations of bright secondary and tertiary colour blends, to pale and barely visible shades of monochrome actuality. Where blessing lies hidden, barely seen with it’s form and tones unrecognizable and foreign. A marginal alteration on base colour, a tweak to saturation, lifts faded shades and dark undertones, uncovering richness; reinvigorating shape and form. Hope illustrated.

In the alteration of the primary, we see the magnitude of application possibilities. The totality of blessing. The refraction of reality and opportunity. A canvas to celebrate all which is good. A covenant to mix boldly the colours that constitute wonder. An awakening to that unnoticed, unappreciated; that overlooked. Shades enhancing the form and texture of goodness, reinforcing blessing. A plethora of colour and faithfulness. A rainbow of grace.

“Red and yellow and pink and green
Purple and orange and blue
I can sing a rainbow
Sing a rainbow
Sing a rainbow too

Listen with your eyes
Listen with your ears
And sing everything you see
I can sing a rainbow
Sing a rainbow
Sing along with me

Red and yellow and pink and green
Purple and orange and blue
I can sing a rainbow
Sing a rainbow
Sing a rainbow too”  Sing a Rainbow.

For Grietje and Narelle