{"id":139,"date":"2022-10-31T23:39:42","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T03:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dragonflyvision.ca\/blog\/?p=139"},"modified":"2022-11-01T00:41:33","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T04:41:33","slug":"oceanic-colours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dragonflyvision.ca\/blog\/2022\/10\/31\/oceanic-colours\/","title":{"rendered":"Oceanic Colours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><style>@import url('https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css2?family=Bellefair&display=swap');<\/style>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: 'Bellefair',serif; font-size: 1.6em;\">Looking up,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; fluxing colours draw my vision<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; across waves of red, and gold, yellow and orange\u2026arising from the many<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;shades of oceanic forest green,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; against a larger ocean of grey, turbulent clouded sky.<br>As year\u2019s light wanes,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; and darkness waxes strong.<br>Oceans above,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; below,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; within,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; inviting the journey to explore.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: 'Bellefair',serif; font-size: 1.6em;\">Tree limbs bared<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; reaching towards the sky,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; exposed,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;vulnerable.<br>Evoking stirrings of fear,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; tinged with sadness<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;within this world of impermanence.<br>Clinging,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; to summers lingering touches,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; to warmth and light and normal greens.<br>Pushing away<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; the cold and dark,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; wet and wildly coloured.<br>Falling back, or forward into<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; patterns of old, conditionings,<br>configurations of being\u2026<br>Often<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; stuck<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; inertia\/full.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family:'Bellefair',serif; font-size:1.6em\">Falling rain,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; oceans gift restoring river\u2019s blue flow.<br>Cleansing,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;opening the way for letting go<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; and return.<br>Again,<br>pushing against its limits<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; moving on<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; unlocking the flow to that<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; greater ocean,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; that fills my breath<br>with wholehearted life.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: 'Bellefair',serif; font-size: 1.6em;\">Leaves dropping<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; shed,<br>no longer needed in the shortness of winters days.<br>Blowing,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; filling the horizontal<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; where they fall,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; to nourish the earth again.<br>Blowing,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; filling the horizontal<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; to be blown and raked, shifted<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; on the backs of dinosaurs<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; to nourish (?) the earth again.<br>Net sum: to be determined,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; though we seem to know the answer.<br>\nReminding us to consider;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;What mountains might I let diminish back to the size of molehills?<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; What do we not need to carry?<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; What does not serve?<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: 'Bellefair',serif; font-size: 1.6em;\">As in each time we come to mat in yin<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; to lean into the deep flows of body and breath,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; heart,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; and mind,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; knotted in the darkness,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; the oft quiet stillness,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; seeing more clearly that which blinds, and binds.<br>To soften and listen,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; choosing to let go,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\u2026..or at least to loosen<br>the boundaries that hold us tight.<br>Creating the space to let the river of self<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; more fully flow.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"489\" src=\"https:\/\/dragonflyvision.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Colour-Ocean-1024x489.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dragonflyvision.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Colour-Ocean-1024x489.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dragonflyvision.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Colour-Ocean-300x143.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dragonflyvision.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Colour-Ocean-768x367.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dragonflyvision.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Colour-Ocean-1536x734.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dragonflyvision.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Colour-Ocean-2048x978.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/dragonflyvision.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Colour-Ocean-1568x749.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking up,&nbsp;&nbsp; fluxing colours draw my vision&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; across waves of red, and gold, yellow and orange\u2026arising from the many&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;shades of oceanic forest green,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; against a larger ocean of grey, turbulent clouded sky.As year\u2019s light wanes,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; and darkness waxes strong.Oceans above,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; below,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; within,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; inviting the journey to explore. Tree limbs bared&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; reaching towards the sky,&nbsp;&nbsp;<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/dragonflyvision.ca\/blog\/2022\/10\/31\/oceanic-colours\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;Oceanic Colours&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dragonflyvision.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dragonflyvision.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dragonflyvision.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dragonflyvision.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dragonflyvision.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/dragonflyvision.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":162,"href":"https:\/\/dragonflyvision.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139\/revisions\/162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dragonflyvision.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dragonflyvision.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dragonflyvision.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}