Today I started to see things that are in color!
Every winter it is a struggle for me to survive. It is so depressing for me to live in such bleakness. After discussing this with others I have come to the conclusion that I am a little different than most people. Not everyone, but most.
I am very visually stimulated. I notice things that often go unnoticed. I see things, for lack of a better word, deeply. Nothing is one dimensional with me. I see patterns in tree bark, notice the subtle swirls in rocks and get excited by unique textures on fruits and vegetables. I can feel a surge shoot straight to my brain when I see something beautiful or something interesting. I like things that are beautiful. I like to be surrounded by beauty. I don’t just see beauty it is almost like I can feel it.
Just as I feel beauty I feel ugliness. I can’t just overlook it or not notice it. It starts to take over my psyche and put me into a true funk. That is why winters here are so difficult. It is like I am living in a world that is black and white. I try to occupy myself with other things during these tough months until my outside would is back in Technicolor.
This is why I have enjoyed the Project 365 so much. I’ve had to search, but I have found beauty or at least something of interest daily and it has helped substantially. That is also why I love to create beautiful things during the winter. Quilting fabrics are bright, colorful ….cheery. Making and working with things that visually stimulate me helps, a lot.
A crocus is the first sign of spring and today it was an indicator that I have made it through another winter.
I am very visually stimulated. I notice things that often go unnoticed. I see things, for lack of a better word, deeply. Nothing is one dimensional with me. I see patterns in tree bark, notice the subtle swirls in rocks and get excited by unique textures on fruits and vegetables. I can feel a surge shoot straight to my brain when I see something beautiful or something interesting. I like things that are beautiful. I like to be surrounded by beauty. I don’t just see beauty it is almost like I can feel it.
Just as I feel beauty I feel ugliness. I can’t just overlook it or not notice it. It starts to take over my psyche and put me into a true funk. That is why winters here are so difficult. It is like I am living in a world that is black and white. I try to occupy myself with other things during these tough months until my outside would is back in Technicolor.
This is why I have enjoyed the Project 365 so much. I’ve had to search, but I have found beauty or at least something of interest daily and it has helped substantially. That is also why I love to create beautiful things during the winter. Quilting fabrics are bright, colorful ….cheery. Making and working with things that visually stimulate me helps, a lot.
A crocus is the first sign of spring and today it was an indicator that I have made it through another winter.
It won’t be long before everything around me is in full color. Soon grass will be green again. I will be able to watch the sunlight dance on the brand new, shinny leaves of my cottonwood trees. I will see ladybugs tip toeing across my minnow narcissus,
my grape hyacinths will bloom
and for several months all will be right in my world again.
3 comments:
Which of these photos did you actually take today or even this week. I searched my whole yard and only found 2 yellow flowers. I'm wondering where you found a ladybug at this time of year.
By the way, have you heard that snow is coming tomorrow? Sorrow to dampen your spring spirit.
Beautiful flower pictures, thanks for sharing! I LOVE hyacinths...nothing says "spring" to me like beautiful bulbs.
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