Virtual Gifts!
At least that is one of the many combinations possible when combining these two wonders and it's one I have recently fallen in love with.
Do you know someone who is going through a challenging experience and you would like to send them an "e smile"? Want to squeeze a thoughtful hello into your busy day? Perhaps you would like to entertain and delight yourself by indulging your vibrant imagination.
Consider sending a VIRTUAL GIFT to the someone you are thinking of.
I started this practice a week or two ago and am having great fun with it.
Recently, I emailed a message about tulips to a friend whose husband was undergoing surgery.
(By the way, did you know that tulips, unlike all other flowers, do not stop growing even when they are cut and placed in a vase of water? Their life force is so strong that they continue to lengthen and expand and, as they do, they form a lovely arc over the vase.)
"I am sending you a virtual gift...a vase of freshly cut tulips. These beautiful flowers represent the life force embodied by your husband that will help him heal and the love and support he is receiving from you and your family and friends."
A few days later I sent a follow-up offering....
Virtual Gift.....
"Relaxing nap on a sultan's billowy cushions, royal musicians to gently serenade you while you fall asleep, gentle breezes blowing soft white curtains, the scent of jasmine somewhere nearby"
She loved it...and so did her husband.
Soooo much fun to create these "gifts"!
Later, I designed a virtual presentation for a recovering musician...
"Soothing sounds of a copacetic saxophone, accented by a lovely blond torch singer wearing a ruby red gown, leaning against a street post and dreamily singing her heart out..."
Guess what happened next? The musician sent me this message:
"The song - Stormy Weather"
Now the subject of my get-well wish was playing along with me (and, hopefully, was distracted by these few moments of connection).
What a lovely way to let someone know you are holding them close to your heart!
In the world of "virtual" gift-giving, we are only limited by the parameters of our imagination. There really is no end to the munificence of our caring hearts engaged in this delightful entertainment. Why not expand your creative horizons by moonlighting from your usual preoccupations and indulging in this free gift shop of our amazing techno-universe!
Marie Helena
image of tulips from www.kathleenpequignot.com
Kathleen Pequignot Fne Art: January 2005
Kathleen Pequignot Fne Art: January 2005
image of sultan's palace from www.wikipaintings.
Sketch for the opera "Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and Maiden Fevronia" by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Ivan Bilibin, 1929
image of saxophone from colourbox.com
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