F UNDER LETTER FROM THE
AMY BELL
This coral edition almost didn’t happen! Click here for the audio version of this article.
That’s correct, folks! Even with all my training and intimate knowledge of each colour, I still believed coral to be a bit of a secondary colour that didn’t warrant a dedicated edition. My original thought was to skip it and move right into the creative energy of orange. As a designer, creativity is my jam, my safe zone, my go-to space; so, I figured orange would be the next logical step on the magazine’s journey. However, I am a student of the energy of colour so rather than blindly jumping over coral, I jumped in it instead. I started my investigation with Moira Bush’s book 8 Colours of Prosperity. Moira is my colour mentor and has focused on the colours of prosperity and shadow work for over fifteen years. She has led many love and money bootcamps around the globe, helping her students to break free from their prosperity blocks through the lens of colour. Here are her opening paragraphs about coral: “When you mix pink and yellow, you make coral. Yellow is the colour of joy, and pink is the colour of love and money. To achieve true financial freedom, you need to attain a state of both love and joy. When you have fun your love and money have the capacity to expand beyond all limiting beliefs. Coral is often the colour you feel drawn to when you seek to break your glass ceiling.”
12 • United Colours of Design Magazine
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SNAP! There it was! Could I possibly have a fear of breaking through my own glass ceiling? Wait, is my fear of success actually strong enough to stop me from wanting to do a coral edition? The very colour of expansion, leadership, and growth? How could that be possible? I started this magazine because I wanted to leave a legacy for my children and impact the creative community. I wanted to grow it and expand it into a flourishing hub of inspiration and valuable information to help creatives thrive. I wanted to be an example to others and personally show them that, no matter their age, they could leap into something new, have a blast, and earn a fabulous living doing what they love. Where is there room for a “fear of success” story in that mission? I certainly didn’t devote an entire year bringing my vision to life just to run full force into a wall of doubt now. But there I was, contemplating leaving out what I now feel is the most important colour of them all. Hmmmm, interesting. I have mentioned on several occasions that we—those that read, purchase, write, advertise, or sponsor this magazine—are in fact entering into a healing contract with each colour. By virtue of participating with it in some way, you are directly or indirectly impacted by the energy of the colour. Myself included. So, I have a few questions for you: • Am I the only one who has started out on a mammoth mission?
