I'm a blue monster. Mah favorite color is blue. It has been so since… well, since the beginning, I guess. In a pile of documents that include little league photos and weird certificates of advancement that my Mom kept from my childhood there is a collage I made in kindergarten. I actually have memories of making it. I remember slaving away on it under the watchful eye of Miss Minor. Our instructions were to make a collage of things that were our favorite color. Armed with craft paper and that minty smelling glue I set to work. Mine has some blue yarn. A blue button or two. A blue Uno card. And an awesome sketch of a giant blue whale. Frickin’ sweet blue action.
27 years later my closet looks pretty much the same. The Nurse is always giving me grief cause my dress shirts are either white or a varying shade of blue. It is really hard to get away from. It’s not even a premeditated decision. When I set out to buy a shirt I never intend for it to be blue. It just always seems to end up that I come home with a blue shirt in my hand. I’ve started to feel a little self conscious about it.
But after very extensive search, I feel it enlightening to reveal the correct meaning of blue, and defend my color selection. I can only assume the single website I visited (Emily Gems crystal-cure.com) is both fair and balanced.
According to Emily Gems (crystal-cure.com/blue):
How the color blue affects us physically and mentally:
* Calming and sedate
* Cooling
* Aids intuition
*Blue is the coolest color - the color of the sky, ocean, sleep, twilight.
*The ancient Egyptians used lapis lazuli to represent heaven.
*A pure blue is the color of inspiration, sincerity and spirituality.
*Blue is the calming color.
*Dark blue is the color of truth and moderation.
*Lapis lazuli and azurite are said to heighten psychic power.
Blue Energy:
Blue gives a feeling of distance. Artists use it to to show perspective. This is a good way to understand the energy of the color blue - it allows us to look beyond and increase our perspective outward. It contains a cool vibration that is helpful to communication. The vibration if blue can be used to open energy flow where it is blocked. Using blue to relax will encourage feelings of communication and peace.
Put some blue in your life when you want:
· calm and relaxation to counteract chaos or agitation
· to open the flow of communication
· to broaden your perspective in learning new information
· solitude and peace
Blue gem stone properties:
*Blue gemstones promote peace and are used to calm ragged emotions.
*They are used to provide relief to people who have difficulty sleeping or who have nightmares.
*They offer inspiration and enhance the quality of communication.
*Blue is seen as trustworthy, dependable and committed
*As the collective color of the spirit, it invokes rest and can cause the body to produce chemicals that are calming however not all blues are serene and sedate.
See! Blue is pretty straight-up!!!
However, in the spirit of full disclosure, I suppose I should share some other Gem Master Blue thoughts...
However not all blues are serene and sedate.
Electric or brilliant blues become dynamic and dramatic, an engaging color that expresses exhilaration.
Some shades or the overuse of blue may come across as cold or uncaring. Blue is the least "gender specific" color, having equal appeal to both men and women.
Blue also connotes feeling alone and sad and represents 'bruised and broken'
Pfffft... What does Emily Gem know? Who made her the color expert, anyway? Who even wants to be warm and caring!? Color of sadness and alone?? She obviously hasn't heard of my Days of Life festival coming up on
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