Brown

Brown

• Seriousness
• Warmth
• Nature
• Earthiness
• Reliability
• Support 

It's fascinating to me how the colors flow into one another. I'd decided to focus on each color in turn and picked green next. I felt like I needed peace and equilibrium. But I just couldn't focus on it. Then I realized—I'm still in winter. Everything is underground. But at the same time, I can feel things stirring under the soil. Seeds moving in their sleep, dreaming of great things to come. Seeds are brown, the soil is brown, yet they produce all the green things around us. Green comes from brown. I wonder what brown is?

Brown is seriousness, warmth, nature, earthiness, reliability and support. Hmm. That does sound good. I could use some warmth and groundedness right now. Maybe it's brown I need and the green will come out of it.

Oh! The soil is rich brown and alive. It's the soil time of year. Last year's grass has died down and this year's grass is just starting to grow, so patches of earth show through. Brown is the earth, from which all things arise. It's the rich brown soil. It's the foundation, the state of potential, the seed.

That's where I'm at right now. Dormancy. The sleep of life. All things are quiet, resting, preparing for spring. Building, storing, collecting energy for the new burst of life when the sun warms up and spreads its smiles across the landscape. For now, though, it's rest, connection, groundedness. Touching the earth and knowing it is solid.

Brown is warmth and sturdiness. It is the trunks of trees and the twigs and the branches. It's what gives our world structure. It is our support. It's the wood we frame our houses with, the strength of our furniture. It's the solidness under our feet and the bones of the trees that reach for the sky.

What an incredible color brown is!