One reason we we love symmetry may be that it is an outward symbol of inner harmony. Disorderly environments have been linked to feelings of powerlessness, fear, anxiety, and depression, and they exert subtle, negative influence on people's behavior. Harmony offers visible evidence that someone cares enough about a place to invest energy in it. It's a tangible manifestation of vibrant harmony of disparate parts working concert to sustain the graceful balance of life. The joy of order comes in large measure from what it opposes: chaos and disorder. Energy gives you the power to make your own hearth, your own sun. Bright hues in the cityscape, found on street signs and bike lanes, window boxes and graffiti, have become little gifts for me- small infusions of warmth and life. Noticing color and light has changed the world around me. The message is clear: to be worthy of society's approbation, we must outgrow our natural inclinations toward joy or learn to suppress them.Įvery sight we find joyful, from a sunrise to a baby's face, we owe to light reflected from the environment into our eyes. We dismiss color and joy as childish and frivolous, prizing neutral hues as a mark of coolness and mature taste. It activates an ancient circuit that lights up with pleasure at the idea of finding something sweet to eat. The liveliest places and objects all have one thing in common: bright, vivid, color.Ĭolor is energy made visible. Simply to be alive is vibrate with an essential dynamism. It is the currency of life, transforming inert material into breathing, beating organisms. The only requirement is what you already have: openness to discovering the joy that surrounds you. There's no method you need to learn, no discipline you need to impose on yourself. You have a whole world of joy right at your fingertips.
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