For today's Sunday Selections,
a blog hop party of photography challenges
hosted by River of Drifting Through Life --
I'm fulfilling the Colour of the Month prompt
provided by Charlotte of MotherOwl's Musings.
This month's colour is Sea Green.
Well, I turned my place upside down,
but I could only find ONE item
with this distinctive shade of green --
1. Green Tara
The Tibetan Buddhist bodhisattva Tara is an
ancient deity of compassion, healing and regeneration.
Tara ("Star") manifests herself in 21 forms,
each of which is a different colour.
In the 21st century, Green Tara has become a powerful symbol
of environmentalist concern and activism for the Earth
because of her colour, which has brought her widespread
new recognition and popularity.
My Green Tara is a small, meticulously hand-painted
canvas mask from Tibet. She is richly adorned in
an elaborate headdress, necklace and earrings.
Like all bodhisattvas and buddhas, her earlobes are
extremely elongated as evidence of her
innumerable reincarnations in this world.
I got my Green Tara about 20 years ago in
an Edmonton spirituality store.
[Photo © Debra She Who Seeks, 2023]
...and as a horticultural aside, there is Sea Green Juniper! I thought that we would want to know.
ReplyDeleteThat is a great color for April. But of course, I am partial to green. :) Happy Sunday.
ReplyDeleteGreen Tara is an excellent sample for the theme Sea Gteen💚 It fits also well to healing and regeneration👍🏼🌲
ReplyDeleteHello Debra, It seems that this month's color is kind of a trap. It turns out that "sea green" has been used to describe virtually every shade of green:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.shutterstock.com/image-vector/sea-green-color-palette-greens-guide-2497442167?
Looking around my apartment, I found some drinking glasses and of course book spines, and also a little green glass rabbit, left over from Rabbit Year, that I put out in celebration of Spring.
--Jim
@ Parnassus (Jim) -- Thanks for the link. I guess it's a testament to the infinite complexity of the colour of the sea.
DeleteAs James Taylor once said, "Deep greens and blues are the colors I choose..."
ReplyDeleteYour spirituality store seems to be adding into my wish list dear Debra 🥰
ReplyDeleteLucky you to find such amazing and inspiring things ,it’s wonderful 👍♥️
Tara the creative deity is incredibly beautiful 👌 your description of her is awesome and very handy in understanding her role in our life on this planet
Thank you so much for sharing my friend ♥️🙏
Gorgeous!!!! Bring her around for Earth Day I say!
ReplyDeleteShe is beautiful, Debra.
ReplyDeleteI figure when you are as specific as Sea Green which is really not very specific given the interpretations, I would just look for any green. But Green Tara is powerful and looks like an amazing match for the color swatch.
ReplyDeleteI like that color and it's fitting for this time of year.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous, but I am very partial to green! I have my green plants, and bracelets.
ReplyDeleteShe is lovely, and I adore that shade of green. Well done!
ReplyDeleteI did a cursory look around my house and there is nothing of that color anywhere!
ReplyDeleteSea green - I did not know that such a colour does exist. But one keeps on learnig all the life it is said. This Tara is beautiful. I saw a much bigger statue of Tara at our last year´s travel to Mauritius.
ReplyDeleteHave a good time
Violetta
She’s stunning. I can see her being the goddess of the earth.
ReplyDeleteOh, I miss green. Sigh.
ReplyDeleteDear Debra, green 💚 is my favourite colour and I love ❤️ the sea.
ReplyDeletelooks like 'just green' to me.
ReplyDeleteHello Debra💚
ReplyDeleteCharlotte chose a very beautiful color!! Your photo with Tara is beautiful, her colors are depicted excellently!!
Green Tara is very beautiful and matches the shade perfectly. I don't have a single thing in my home in that shade of green, though I haven't yet checked the pencils and crayons box.
ReplyDeleteI own a jacket in that particular green :) Your green Tara is gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteVery beautiful.
ReplyDeleteAs the great philosopher once intoned, "It's not easy being green".
ReplyDelete@ Rade -- Hahahaha!
DeleteGreen Tara is gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteSea Green is a watercolor..Greens are my favorite color..Tara is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteYour Tara is gorgeous, Debra!
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