Saturated

Red Velvet, Wailuku

Needles threaded with gold

Fishing for the last bit of sunlight before it sinks away

Wild Pagoda, Lahaina

Land of the Free, in full-color

Saturated: to be filled with something until no more can be absorbed.

As in color. As in my schedule.

Over the past few months, my work schedule has become saturated with long-term projects, need-it-done-yesterday to-do's, complicated responsibilities and more. It's been sucking the energy out of me...even when I'm out of the office. My saturated calendar is starting to bleed into other areas of my life and I want to stop it before it leaves a permanent stain.

But know this: I'm not looking for a pastel life of muted colors. I'm all for saturation...always have been. Black and white's fun...it's cool...but I like color. I love color. Rich, bright, vibrant colors that take your breath away. I want to paint my life with colors that bleed out of the lines...I just want to be careful as to which colors are doing the bleeding.

I want the colors of work to stay in the lines....but I want the bright, cheerful yellow-orange of family life, the soothing, life-giving green of church life, and the comforting-yet-powerful blue of confidence...to run wild and spill into all the areas of the painting called Me.