Connecting to Our Pink Universes

Hello Friends of Bluebird Fairies,

Happy New Year!

“The month of January is for getting over the holidays.'“ said my friend Julia many years ago when we were in our early twenties traveling with the Bread and Puppet Theater. I think about her statement every year when we get here and it makes me laugh.

Now, it’s less about the stress of the holidays, though the capitalistic hold on them can be stressful, but more as an awareness that here in the Northern Hemisphere, it’s winter. It’s an invitation to be quiet, rest more and feel more inward.

Last Summer, I was reunited with Julia and we worked on a dance piece with our longtime creative friend, Alexis Smith, created by Bread and Puppet’s Peter Schumann. In it, there’s a Pink Universe and when creating a ‘thank you’ card for Julia, I made this fairy:

So, here we are, Julia, in January, and I have been thinking so much of this Pink Universe Fairy and what message she brings to us.

Last Friday, by the end of the day, I was feeling flat. My emotional landscape had been used up like a balloon losing air and was flapping about in the wind. I always want to feel bright about my future, but that vision, I just couldn't find.

Luckily, I took my sad self into a room, sat down with a pen and paper and with my non-dominant hand drawing technique, I connected with what was left of myself. And, through this, I got the message:

The pink universe lives in all of us, all of the time. It’s where we keep connected to our selves, so when we start to get flat by giving too much, we’re reminded to shift into lower stress activities that we know fill us back up.

So, I hope you connect into your personal Pink Universe as much as you can, and have a wonderful January.

All the best,

Love,

Emily and the Bluebird Fairies

p.s. Our capitalistic note of gratitude- Thank you Seven Days for popping us into the Holidays by including us in the Gift Guide. We had a great time selling our decks on-line, at Thirty-odd on Pine Street and at the Waldorf Holiday Fairy in Shelburne. Thank you all who took part in these opportunities.

This trend is continuing. We have more decks in our online stone and we’re continuing to be at Thirty-odd. Buy a deck for a dear friend today to assist them with their Pink Universe style of life.