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founder of m�agine!,
is a professional
coach and trainer,
author and creative artist, whose work has been featured throughout
the world.
Michael is a
Certified Practitioner
of the
Myers-Briggs
Type Indicator.�
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Showing your colors in a
red, green, blue, yellow, white world... |
My wife Kathy and I enjoy old movies, particularly black and white romantic and "screwball" comedies from the 30s and 40s. One of our favorites from this period is Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House. Cary Grant and Myrna Loy play Jim and Muriel Blandings, an advertising executive and his wife, who decide to shed the crowded confines of their Manhattan apartment and move their family to a Revolutionary War-era house in rural Connecticut. The film follows their misadventures as they work to restore the decrepit old structure. The viewer wonders which will be finished first: the house or the marriage.
In one memorable scene, as the house finally nears completion, Mrs. Blandings meets with the gruff old contractor to discuss paint colors, who nods and groans his assent throughout her entire monologue:
"Now, Mr. PeDelford, we'll discuss painting. I had some samples. Here we are...
"Now, first, the living room. I want it to be a soft green. Not as blue-green as a robin's egg. But not as yellow-green as daffodil buds. Now, the only sample I could get is a little too yellow. But don't let whoever does it get it too blue. It should be a sort of grayish yellow-green.
"Now the dining room. I'd like yellow. Not just yellow. A very gay yellow. Something bright and sunshiny. I tell you, if you'll send one of your workmen to the grocer for a pound of their best butter and match that exactly, you can't go wrong.
"This is the paper we'll use in the hall. It's flowered. But I don't want the ceiling to match any colors of the flowers. There are some little dots in the background. And it's these dots I want you to match. Not the little greenish dot near the hollyhock leaf. But the little bluish dot between the rosebud and the delphinium blossom. Is that clear?
"Now, the kitchen's to be white. Not a cold, antiseptic, hospital white. A little warmer, but still, not to suggest any other color but white.
"Now, for the powder room in here, I want you to match this thread. And don't lose it. It's the only spool I have and I had an awful time finding it. As you can see, it's practically an apple red. Somewhere between a healthy Winesap and an unripened Jonathan. Oh, excuse me..."
As Mrs. Blandings dismisses herself to take care of yet another emergency, the contractor yells to his painter, "You got that, Charlie?" To which the painter replied, "Red, green, blue, yellow, white."
What's it like to live in a "red, green, blue, yellow, white" world, when your imagination prefers the color of "the little bluish dot between the rosebud and the delphinium blossom"?
Where in your world does the incongruity show up? Does the incongruity discourage or encourage you? |
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Michael Fox
m�agine!
530/613.2774
407 Myrtle Drive
Farmerville, LA, USA 71241
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In addition to personal and professional coaching,
m�agine! specializes in spiritual transformation coaching,
employing its proprietary models
--Values, Vision, Voice and Heart, Soul, Mind & Strength--
as well as
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator� curriculum
published by CPP, the People Development People.
Michael's books include
Complete in Christ,
Complete in Christ Spiritual Transformation Workbook,
and Biblio�files.
Coaching fees are based upon a sliding scale. Contact us for details.
For additional information, visit our website at maginethepossibilities.net.
Limited scholarships are available for spiritual transformation coaching.
On the flip side, if you are able, please inquire about opportunities
to fund scholarships for those who cannot afford coaching fees.
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