Colour Aura

Some years ago, 2006 to be exact, I spent a long weekend in Cape Town with my daughter. Whilst browsing around the waterfront we stumbled upon a stall offering Aura reports. I remember seeing a program to this effect way back on TV. The whole concept of reading people’s colour auras off photos was quite new and frankly I initially thought it to be a whole lot of crap!

Firstly, I didn’t believe in the concept that people were surrounded by coloured energy fields and secondly, I found it impossible to believe that these fields could be picked up on camera.

Of course my knowledge of the science of light was scant – science being the least of my interests at school and certainly not a subject I ever had any intention of pursuing beyond that of the classroom. Ironic indeed that the effects of colour, their scientific properties and the role they play in our emotional and physical well being is now part of my career and my studies have lead me to become fascinated by the very same science that initially bored the hell out of me.

My curiosity overwhelmed my scepticism that day on the waterfront and I took my place at the Aura Video station with little expectation of accuracy. I could not have been more surprised at accuracy of the results. Not only was the analysis of my personality correct, but my aura showed very clearly the areas in my life which needed attention.

Now studying the subject in detail, the theory of colours, their wave frequencies and how colour affects us, it all seems quite sensible.

So what is an Aura?

For many people, the Aura is only the radiance of human beings. For scientists, it is a concrete, existing energy field that surround living creatures. The Aura is formed by subtle colour radiances which surround the body of a human being. These radiances can be perceived by a psychic. Each colour signifies a certain vibration which has different meanings.

The Aura reflects the individual state of consciousness. In that case, the colours of the Aura give us information about the quality of consciousness, as well as one's emotions, thoughts, abilities and the vital energies of a person.

The history of Auras goes far back into the past. Natural tribes, the Christian Mystics of the middle Ages, painters, and artists of all ages have shown the Aura in a radiant, shining ray of lights around human being, animal or plant. This information, which can be perceived by sensitive and psychic people, has been researched and proved scientifically in the last decades. Modern scientists measure the Aura as a electromagnetic field around living creatures.

Aura photography is based on the understanding of modern technology combined with the information that past cultures have known for millennia. Using this wealth of knowledge, we can create technologies that can help us view the coloured radiant Aura and allow us to open up new possibilities of perception for our inner worlds. The method technologies used to read ones Aura is known as "Biofeedback", since a physical reading of one's bio-signs is the main method of an Aura analysis.

These data parameters are then projected as a radiant, coloured aura field around the body on either a Polaroid photo or onto a computer or television screen. In no time thereafter, a brilliant colour photo or computer printout can be presented to the user.

More to follow soon !!

Interruptions

I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you. I love you not only for what you have made of yourself, but for what you are making of me. I love you for the part of me that you bring out.

I picked up a dusty book in the garage today that was lying in a pile of stuff I plan to donate to the SPCA .

I remember the story distinctly because when I read it I could relate to it so well. The main character in the book is a musician, a composer. On a remote island, she struggles for her artistic life in the midst of a relationship gone dangerously wrong.

At the time I read the book the similarity between my life and that of the musician ended in the last few pages of the book . The character broke away from her hell and became successful and happy.

There is a passage in which the author describes the process of creating a piece of music. At the time his comparison could be likened to that of many creative processes, whether they are poetry, music or painting. This description I found extremely accurate and once having read the passage was better able to describe my creative process to people who asked.

An idea takes root and won’t let you go. It puts out twigs and branches. These twigs get leaves, thorns, blossoms and fruit and occasionally you get fruit to sustain you. The problem is the idea must appear at the right time, you can only carry so much in your head until the next time you come across brush and canvas. The kids must be at school, the washing and dishes done and God knows what else.

When it’s going well, there is a joy about it . You lose touch with the world around you and the worst thing that can happen at a time like this is an interruption.

Emotional upheaval and unhappiness is the most debilitating interruption of all. It is internal and suffocates the both the mind and heart from where inspiration flows; so often there is seemingly no end in sight.

It was exactly this interruption that made me put away my brushes and abandon my studio for years. Once I recovered, the relief and delight at finding my ability to paint again was immense. So much so, I decided that emotional involvement was not something I would allow in my life as the sacrifice of my art was too great a price to pay when my attention was drawn elsewhere.

Aside from the fear of hurt and disappointment, I found such fulfilment in my painting that I became quite certain that it was art which would hold my heart and art alone. I readily shut the world out and any feeling of love or passion I experienced were only a result of loving my children or the passion I felt for canvas, colour and form and what I could create with them.

Lately there has been a change in my work, initially subtle but I was immediately aware of intensity in my work which I had not seen before. The more I worked, the more obvious this change became, then yesterday, I stood in front of a canvas and almost unconsciously painted a landscape with such ease and such passion for what I was doing that it almost took my breath away.

The irony is the very emotional interruption that I have so determinedly been avoiding is responsible for the change in my work. I do not doubt that interruption can be detrimental but I was never aware that passion and desire felt for something or someone other than my children and my art could be channelled into a painting with such intensity that it not only enhances my work , but makes it incredibly easy .

On the last page of the book, the musician sits in an audience listening to her own composition with which the crowd is enthralled

During the applause for the piece the conductor points to various section of the orchestra and in turn they stand to receive recognition for their part...

I stood in the garage this afternoon re reading the final paragraph. The ending was no longer different from my own story.

...“He looked down into the audience and beckoned Catherine with a high wave to the podium.

She rose”.