F UNDER LETTER FROM THE
AMY BELL
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It’s time to tell you my secret! WARNING: This may be a bit woo woo for some, but I know if you’re reading this, you’re one of us. A Rainbow Warrior. This magazine was not created as simply something pretty to look at, although I think it is. It was not born just to give you industry tips, although there are many. It’s not even here to help you grow and expand your creative business, but it will. It was created to show those that choose to read it, that colour goes so much deeper than what we learned in school. My secret is this magazine was created to take you on a colour journey with me (because a journey is always better with friends)! Along the way, it is my hope that we all learn more about how to take charge of our own spiritual healing through the gentle rays of colour. And in so doing, the industry tips included on these pages will be of service. It’s through this exploration of colour that the business advice will soak into your DNA and alter limiting patterns. It’s through the energy of light, that you will be inspired to create and collaborate with other Rainbow Warriors on this planet! This path is not an easy one. We throw our fragile hearts out on the proverbial
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table every day with our designs and art forms. We open ourselves up to criticism and public opinion like no other profession does. So why do we do it? What gives us the ability to be judged over and over and still wake up wanting to create more? I believe we do it because we are dancing with a partner that has our backs. Colour. Colour fuels us, colour protects us, colour empowers us. We have the ability to enrage one person and enlighten another with the same creation. We can attract a potential client or repel them. We can walk in a room and be the centre of attention or we can hide in plane view, all with our choice of colour. Colour is a mirror. Picture this, you get up and you’re in a fabulous mood and you choose your favourite colour to wear — a gorgeous red dress. You feel amazing and are energized by the brightness of your outfit. Now imagine you meet your BFF for lunch and after your hugs hello you notice they are a bit ‘off ’. Your passionate red hues may be triggering a possible money issue, or maybe they just had a fight at home and your red dress has now become a mirror they are facing head on, hence their ‘offness’.
