“Whenever you want, it’s best to do it right now” Searching for a rainbow color Dharma.

On Friday, Chia learned something about Dharuma, a figure modeled after Bodhidharma, the founder of Zen Buddhism. She said she wanted to paint in pink, but she did not have a pink color. She was explaining to me what colors represent in paper. I think that she was just making things up. In Utsunomiya, Tochigi, a New Year Dharma market was held this weekend. So, I told the family we are going to check that out. Yes, Imase family is very spontaneous 

Kids picked their favorite colors of Dharuma, then later found out the meanings of each color, like health, safety at home, studying, money, and more. 

The guy told Chia and Yosuke to draw the left eye tomorrow because tomorrow is a good day to do it in the calendar. Chia and Yosuke were hunting for “rainbow color,” but they could not find it.

When they came home, they played with Dharma. Dharma was traveling in the lift. Dharmas were in the little dollhouse with other figures, like dinosaurs. They could not wait until tomorrow to draw the left eye. They have already drawn all kinds of stuff on Dharma. It’s probably natural to add those Dharmas to their toy collections and play with them rather than display them. 

They bought the green color one for my mother. The green one happened to be wishing for health. 

“whenever you want, it’s best to do it right now” for kids.