Camina-Resurreccion Nuptials

It's weird, really. My favorite color is blue and brown, so I would have thought I'd have chosen either of the two for the motif (with an inclination for brown, it being an earth color).

While Jan and I were discussing details about the wedding, I asked him what he thought would be a good motif. He suggested green since it was the color of peridot, my birthstone. At first, I was like, "but that's the color of DLSU!" Of course, I meant it in jest. (And thankfully, it won't be UAAP season by the time of the wedding so Ateneo can not blame me for disloyalty. Hehe!) However, I never really thought of green. I pondered for a while and thought, "well... it is still an earth color... and I can say the color of my work is green." So we decided on green. But I insisted on a darker shade, maybe forest green or olive green. Definitely not neon, and am not inclined to bright or pastel shades either.

Now, because of a Daily OM article, I feel a sense of serendipity with green. I never realized how perfect the color was for Jan and I as discussed below in the Daily OM 24 March 2008 article about the color green.

Unifier Of Opposites
The Color Green

Green is a combination of the colors yellow and blue, each of which brings its own unique energy to the overall feeling of the color green. Blue exudes calm and peace, while yellow radiates liveliness and high levels of energy. As a marriage between these two very different colors, green is a unifier of opposites, offering both the excitement of yellow and the tranquility of blue. It energizes blue’s passivity and soothes yellow’s intensity, inspiring us to be both active and peaceful at the same time. It is a mainstay of the seasons of spring and summer, thus symbolizing birth and growth.

Green is one of the reasons that spring instigates so much excitement and activity. As a visual harbinger of the end of winter, green stems and leaves shoot up and out from the dark branches of trees and the muddy ground, letting us know that it’s safe for us to come out, too. In this way, green invites us to shed our layers and open ourselves to the outside world, not in a frantic way, but with an easygoing excitement that draws us outside just to sniff the spring air. Unlike almost any other color, green seems to have its own smell, an intoxicating combination of sun and sky—earthy, bright, and clean. In the best-case scenario, it stops us in our tracks and reminds us to appreciate the great experience of simply being alive.

Green balances our energy so that, in looking at it, we feel confident that growth is inevitable. It also gives us the energy to contribute to the process of growth, to nurture ourselves appropriately, without becoming overly attached to our part in the process. Green reminds us to let go and let nature do her work, while at the same time giving us the energy to do our own.

Interesting, noh? And so perfect for the two of us too. Jan, blue and I, yellow. One, the temperance of the other. The other, the energy of the one.

It's not easy being green, says Kermit. Maybe not. But I hope it will be a whole lot of fun for us this June 13. ;p