Easter Eggs

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If there is anything where tradition has integrated itself into the modern, or even virtual world ~ it is the tradition of easter eggs...

The first thing that comes to mind for me is the hunt for the colored chicken eggs my parents had hidden in the garden on easter morning. From a later date are memories of delicious chocolate eggs that replaced the chicken eggs with a much sweeter taste.

Apart from the colored and chocolate eggs, easter eggs have also been known to be true works of art. Whether they were the hand painted empty eggshells of chickens, geese, or even ostriches ~ or the famed bejewelled eggs created by Carl Fabergé... They are unique, surprising keepsakes.

In todays high tech world an easter egg is not always something to be desired as it surprising quality can just as well be an unhappy surprise. Literally it is a hidden surprise, message, or an in-joke programmed into a computer program such as a computer game. A message that can be benign and cute, or that can have been programmed to have disastrous consequences ~ either way it is a surprise.

Traditionally the eggs ~ and especially the easter eggs ~ were seen as new life. A very literal observation as the chicken hatches the eggs and fluffy chicks appear from the shells. A more general description would be that the easter eggs bring new things into our lives, and as such it symbolizes new beginnings. There are some who might even say that everything stems from the egg...

From a symbolic perspective this makes sense as the egg-shape, or the oval, is the symbol for potential. It can relate to our unique, individual potential ~ or the potential of new life. New things in general, or a concentrated effort to bring something we desire into our lives.

Whatever it is ~ it is bound to be creative.
Perhaps not in the common sense of the word in an ‘arts and crafts’ kind of way ~ but when we start bringing new things into our lives we are embarking upon the process of creation which starts with the idea of what it is we desire to create, then the thought follows of what our lives would be like if we had created this... By choice we then take steps to unleash this potential and to allow the new to burst forth from the egg!
And only after its birth can we truly see what it is that we have created ~ which can be quite a surprise in itself... It can be better than we ever imagined ~ or perhaps it doesn’t quite live up to our expectations ~ either way an easter egg in every sense of the word...
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