What's your color for 2010?

Happy New Year everyone! Finally back home, I hope that you & yours are well... I'm getting a super slow start on things as the year begins, quite unusual for me. I don't think I'm alone when I say that 2009 had many ups & downs, it was no problem for me bidding it a fond farewell!

How is your year starting out? Are you doing some art journaling, maybe you've written out some goals, dreams, hopes for the months ahead? Perhaps you've even gotten as far as planning out where you want to be 3-5 years from now, personally and/or professionally (wow, good for you) I find that imagery helps me stay more focused so I've started to put together a vision board... what works best for you?

Along with my affirmations words FAITH and HEAL this year I wanted to do something a bit different. I decided to add a 'focus' color and surround myself with it as I believe color has a really deep way of influencing us... which color would you choose for yourself to help motivate, inspire and maybe even heal you?

I'm going with a longtime favorite of mine, Turquoise, which also happens to be Pantone's Color of the Year for 2010. I've always loved it and the many shades that it comes in. I've been drawn to it more at different times in my life, but didn't make the connection until I read the article below from the Pantone website - I'm especially intrigued where it mentions that the color turquoise is considered a protective talisman:

Pantone Unveils Color of the Year for 2010: PANTONE 15-5519 Turquoise

Turquoise Transports Us to an Exciting, Tropical Paradise While Offering a Sense of Protection and Healing in Stressful Times.

Combining the serene qualities of blue and the invigorating aspects of green, Turquoise evokes thoughts of soothing, tropical waters and a languorous, effective escape from the everyday troubles of the world,while at the same time restoring our sense of wellbeing.

“In many cultures, Turquoise occupies a very special position in the world of color,” explains Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute®. “It is believed to be a protective talisman, a color of deep compassion and healing, and a color of faith and truth, inspired by water and sky. Through years of color word-association studies, we also find that Turquoise represents an escape to many – taking them to a tropical paradise that is pleasant and inviting, even if only a fantasy.” You can read the article in full here

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I hope to have some new art to share soon and I've also been thinking of doing a giveaway before the end of January, so stay tuned. Until then, be well...