Style Harmony

It's Monday morning. You have a big day ahead of you with a really important meeting that you have been planning for the entire previous week. You have the perfect outfit picked out. You are getting the kids ready to go out the door for school and you are about to walk out the door when it happens. Right at the exact moment you go to take a sip of your coffee, your youngest kiddo bumps into you. Your coffee spills ALL OVER your blouse. You do not have time for this!  The panic sets in as you begin to think about what other top you have that is appropriate for this big meeting that goes with what you already have on. You run into your closet to quickly determine that the other blouse that would work does not fit. UGH! So you grab a simple t-shirt that doesn't look that great, but it fits and will "do". As you drive to the office, your mind is in chaos and you just don't feel on-point. There is an underlying feeling of stress and doubt running through your mind as y...

 Read the Title of this post again. Your Body is a Masterpiece. When is the last time you have told yourself that?  It's more likely that you have been saying negative things about your body and the changes that you have been seeing. Have you also had thoughts like: I will do that when I have lost the weight. I can't go to that! I don't look good in anything that I could wear to an event like that. Why does this pair of jeans look so good on that influencer and looks so terrible on me? This year, I have really started to think about all that my body does for me. It allows me to: Live and breathe without needing to think about it Adapt and heal any injuries it sustains Grow into a perfectly formed, symmetrical being Digest food and keep what it needs and discard the rest Perceive the world through our 5 senses Process emotions Learn and grow with an amazing mind Move around without a second thought Protect myself from viruses that want to harm me For me,  I was gifted the ...

 Going back to your days in art, what do you remember about color contrast? When you use opposing colors to create art, it can be very visually appealing. This is particularly true if you are trying to create energy, excitement, drama, or tension in your artwork.  But what if you want to create a sense of calm, harmony, balance, or tranquility?  If you want to create those feelings, you will choose low contrast colors instead, or colors that are closer together in their depth or brightness. High Contrast Medium contrast Low Contrast As you can see in the images above, the High Contrast outfit is very bold and attention-grabbing. It's created by using 2 colors that are across the color wheel from one another. The Medium Contrast outfit has colors that are in the same color family, but still there is a relative difference in the depth of the colors. Finally, the Low Contrast outfit, while a bright color and high intensity, was created by using 2 colors that are very close t...