LAVENDER
Lavender is a plant that can be used to treat anxiety, stress and insomnia, it is a soft shade of purple. Purple is a mixture of two opposing colours, blue and red. With the active warmth of red and the passive coolness of blue, purple becomes a stable middle ground between the two colours. It synchronises with both warm and cool, melancholic or ecstatic emotions, It is a colour of balance and duality. Life can often feel unstable, and sometimes all we need to do is find a way to ground ourselves.
The blue parrot on the girl’s back bares the weight of burdensome thoughts. Oftentimes, without realising, our mind repeats unhelpful mantras back to us, like a parrot. The parrot has done nothing wrong, it could help her if she recited better words to herself.
The red robin on her mug carries the desire for action. After her tea she intends to get up and do something positive for herself.
The otter is a friend she can talk to about her current predicament. She is not alone, even though sometimes she feels like she is.
The butterflies are emissaries of growth and rebirth. In the simple act of deciding to make a positive change, she has already made one. Her antlers guard her, but she has let her guard down and opened up to friends, she is vulnerable in this state, but she chose the right friends to let in. A faint smile across her face is beginning to show as she is already starting to feel better