stands for all things,
even for those that don't flower,
for everything flowers, from within, of self-blessing;
though sometimes it is necessary
to reteach a thing its loveliness,
to put a hand on the brow
of the flower,
and retell it in words and in touch,
it is lovely
until it flowers again from within, of self-blessing
-Galway Kinnell from his poem 'Saint Francis and the Sow'
"Looking at the positive in others is a form of self-blessing."
-Sharon Salzberg Loving Kindness
Magenta's compassion and mercy, it's uniting quality, bringing us into a whole...into oneness and can be experienced gazing at a magenta blossom. Flanked by the earthly green, the unfolding day in all its practicality gives one the feeling that all is right in the world. Out of heaven we are born and here on earth we blossom in word and deed. No wonder the magenta and green, despite their contrasting positions on the color wheel, make for such a great partnership of color. In the spring of 2014 I visited the botanical gardens in Fort Bragg, Ca where the rhododendrons were at the height of their bloom. The archways of magenta and green were calming, peaceful and relaxing.
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