Can you paint your way out of a corner? (March 2008)

Abraham talks about resistance a lot. For example, if you have no resistance, (finding a parking space in front of your favorite store), chances are the spot will appear right away. If on the other hand, you are calling in a million dollars, maybe you have some resistant ideas on how hard it will be, how much you will have to work, etc. and the flow appears to be harder.

I had seen some amazing wall colors in a TV home one evening and raved about these psychedelic shades to my client Sheri. I talked for several minutes about the shocking lilac, bright blue, red furniture and got very excited and animated describing it. You see, I had no resistance.

That evening my neighbor came over and said: “Do you want me to paint anything?” Whoah! I said “Yes!” and described what I had been telling Sheri. Off to the Home Depot we went and I came home with one gallon of the most bizarre shocking, psychedelic lilac paint you have ever seen. A few hours later it was on the walls of my hall.

Now I forgot to mention that I had just painted my entire apartment. It was the most serene, Asian inspired, “every wall a different matching color”, perfectly blended home. I loved it~~ for about 3 months! Then somehow, this urge came over me to be bold, to be different and to be shocking.

From that night on, I have had trouble sleeping but not due to stress~~ due to glee. I can’t explain it but a strange excitement came over me. I put some lilac chiffon curtains up in the kitchen and the same color drape over my dining table. I seriously toyed with the idea of painting the ceiling in my kitchen this strange bubble gum, hot pink color that I “accidentally” had mixed. I felt a wildness coming on!

Now the odd thing is peoples’ reaction to this, of which I don’t give a wit. The first person in said: “I don’t like that at all”. The next said: “I LOVE IT!” The next said: “This doesn’t match at all!” The next said: “You’ve got to paint something else purple because it sticks out so bad!” Well you can see where I’m going. It was also a great observation that the people that loved it had a sensibility to the dramatic and to change, the way I do right now. The thing is: I didn’t do it as a design project. I did it as an act of rebellion. Big difference there! I have a degree in Art and can easily see that this makes no sense. So could it be that I’m painting myself out of a corner?

I’m still having a difference in my sleep patterns. The neighbors above me are like stampeding elephants. I’m traveling (and driving) to places I’ve never been before. Life is strangely opening up, so I wonder if sometimes rather than meet something head on that you are  going through, can you  paint your way out of it, dance your way through it, cook up a little soufflé with it, or even sing your way to a more beautiful exotic place?

Having written this, I am reminded of a time in childhood when my mother, who loved to run around all day long, went off for the day leaving the painters to paint the entire house a shocking shade of pink. We had a very big house prominently placed on the corner of a beautiful street called Church Street, lined with very old churches. When we came home we were aghast with the site of it! The neighbors did not speak to her for years and countless accidents occurred on that corner. Five years later, my dad insisted and she had it painted white with traditional green shutters. Do you think this could be genetic?

Affirm often:
I refuse to limit the Unlimited. I am free!

Sincerely, Joni 

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