YELLOW

I did my first yellow picture yesterday. It was a watercolor. Thinking about the color yellow I wanted to use watercolor because of how light the color yellow is when you use it on paper, specifically watercolor, so that I could layer it on top of itself and try to get more pigment and play with that gradient. The image reminds me of honey. The sweetness and healing properties of honey are pretty amazing.

I also did a photo shoot with some yellow sunglasses that used to be my grandma's. These glasses have interchangeable lenses with different color options. I chose the yellow lenses.

There were some trees in bloom and I wanted to capture them before the blooms turned to leaves, and with my yellow sunglasses and my yellow heels, I went with my sister Mia and we had a very fun time. My life hasn’t really felt like it matches the color yellow these first six days of May. The same day that my yellow chapter had started, I caught wind that a close friend was going through a tragedy, or in her words “a nightmare.” On top of this, my first day into yellow I found myself at my dad’s funeral. I feel sadness and loss and all the things opposite of what the color yellow means. Yellow represents friendship, joy, laughter, gold. It also means purification. I also think of yellow stoplights. A transition color, a yielding. Thinking about the color, yellow, and what it all means, and more specifically what it means to me right now, I can’t help but think about the tension between the joy of life amidst the sorrow of life. I think it’s a superpower to be able to grieve and celebrate within the same day. As I think of yellow, I think of it as yielding to or giving into moments of joy, laughter, friendship and welcoming those moments in every season of life. In the end, I think this could look like a purification process. Maybe even “how to” for uncovering glory. Catch me yielding to yellow.