on the smell of color...

Have you ever gone through life smelling different scents along the way, and then something triggers in your mind, and suddenly that particular scent reminds you of a color? Come on, I know you have...tell me you have! Tell  me, it is not just crazy me who thinks this way! Well, allow me to share with you this story...just the other day I was walking through one of the hallways at work. I work in a large outpatient healthcare institution, so there are many corridors, and lots and lots of visitors! As I walked down this hallway, which appeared to be fairly empty, I was taken back by a smell. Not a super favorable smell, like chocolate chip cookies, but not a terribly bad smell either. While I could not, and still cannot, place my finger on the smell, or the origin of it, I did suddenly have the color of olive green flash through my mind. This got me thinking...do we smell in color? I guess to some extent it is true, we do. For example, if we smell roses, we may associate that smell with the color red, for red roses. If we smell fresh cut grass, we may associate that scent with the color green, as grass is green. Both those seem pretty obvious to me. What really took me by surprise was how quickly I associated this random scent with the color olive green...crazy! I have heightened my awareness around this, and on a daily basis I try to associate smell with color. It is tricky, but for me it works. I wonder if it works for you, as well.....

Today's activity: the smell of color

Today I encouragae you to take note of the smells you might encounter throughout the day, and see if your mind asssociates them with any particular color. Does the smell of strawberries remind you of the color red? Does the smell of fresh air remind you of the color blue, blue sky? Today I encourage you to walk through life with a new eyes, or a new sniffer, if you will! Heighten your awareness to the scents you encounter and see if the smells spark any color(s) for you. If this trick doesn't work for you, then the worst that can happen is life goes on. However, if this DOES work for you, just think of the possiblities...are will be living in a world of scented colored rainbows! Peace....