Things I Love: Coloring!
I am not artistic, at least not the way one might pick up a paintbrush or drawing pencils and create something from scratch. I can barely draw a stick figure, and that is not an exaggeration; I seriously cannot draw a straight line. However, just like I can follow a recipe pretty well, I can color inside some pre-determined lines. (While I can follow a recipe, I am not good at just whipping something up from the leftover ingredients in my refrigerator. I seem to need guidelines; rules , if you will.) I have liked coloring since I was little, but I never really gave it much thought. I actually have colored on and off during my adult life, but it never became a habit at all. When the adult coloring craze came along, well, I got hooked. In addition to it being fun, there are many reports that it’s good for you , that it promotes mindfulness , and gives you the same (or near) benefits of mediation . (How true that is, I cannot say...