Monday, April 25, 2011

i see you in colours

this is gonna sound cheesie, and i wouldn't believe it myself, it wasn't my own experience.  i'm not exactly sure how to describe it, but when i meet someone now, whether face to face or over the phone, a perfect stranger or mom, i see this person in terms of their colours.  okay i don't actually see shades of blue, but what i mean to say is that i hear and experience this person in terms of their energy, the positive or negative, tight and agitated or clear and calm presence they present and share.  i pay attention to the cheer someone brings to a conversation just by their tones and gestures and the like.  i'm not sure if this new revelation is just part of the ageing process or in response to language barriers experienced here, or maybe and what i think is most likely, is that i've always had this ability to detect the energy of others (i think we all do) but over the years i've tried to ignore it.  this sense must have been so keen as a child and the process of growing up taught me to listen to the words people were saying rather than value their sheer presence. things have shifted back now, but when i think about it, my dear friends now and almost all along carry what i can clearly recognize now as (whether joyful or soothing or experimental) genuine positive energy.  i don't see people in colours really, but if i had to describe mine right now i'd say i feel all yellow.

happy easter!

1 comment:

  1. Emily, you aren't alone in your colourful visions of the world. In Melaka, Malaysia, we stayed with a Chinese tea master who (over a cup of tea) described and explained to us exactly what you are talking about here. Despite being moved to your back burner for some time, I hope that you can nurture and coax this level of awareness back into the forefront of your life. I can imagine France is truly a rainbow of colours!

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