Life in my Kaleidoscope

Into the Light - Debbie Le Roux 2011 - Aquarelle on board.

As a child, one of my favourite toys was a kaleidoscope which I received as a birthday 
gift from a friend. I spent hours looking at the pretty colours, turning it continuously to create new ones.

I think life is a lot like looking at the world through a kaleidoscope. We all see colourful elements - shiny bits and pieces. But unless you turn to the light, a kaleidoscope is a dull tube that makes a rattling sound when you shake it.  It is only when you look upwards, into the light that you see the incredible beauty and brilliance of colours waiting to be discovered.  

There is something magic in colour.  I have always found painting or working with colours 

to be therapeutic in some way.  This weekend's doodle (as above)  is about moving into the light, even if the road ahead looms foreboding and appears to be uphill and rocky.  No matter how shattered the reality may appear at the moment, the sun will rise again. Look to the light and you will find beauty in your fragmented kaleidoscope.   When you do you will not only find beauty, but you will also find friends  who want to see the picture in your kaleidoscope. I'm deeply grateful that I have always had friends who walk the path into the light with me as I reassemble the fragments of my kaleidoscope to find new and beautiful images just a turn away.  


We all have shards and fragments to deal with in our realities. It is up to you to reassemble those floating bits and pieces into an enticing new possibility.