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Coloring Books: A Meditation

Over the last several months, many friends and family have received coloring books from me.  Everything from "The Mystical Mandala Coloring Book" published by Dover to "Fat Ladies in Spaaaaace" by Theo Nicole Lorenz, and several children's coloring books in between.

Why Coloring Books?  Because I believe they're underrated.

Coloring can be a form of meditation, a way to focus on something small and beautiful you control and from within the mind-space to encourage your creative mind to make connections in the subconscious.

Coloring can also be a family activity.  By sharing a coloring book with your loved ones, you can create something together.  Take turns with a single color, or attack it all at once together.  If there's a picture you like best, but someone else wants to color it, make copies at the library and leave the original blank for future creations. 

Coloring can also help reconnect teens and adults to an earlier time, for some, it can even been healing.  They're great to have available for guests at parties, too.

Coloring books grew past children-only imagery long ago.  There are coloring books requiring painstaking attention, that teach, or have games within the pages as you color.  Whatever books you're drawn to can be an excellent way to reconnect with an earlier time in your life, or just bond with a loved one.

Pick up one you're drawn to and use it how you see fit, and if you take my advice, please consider alternative media to the usual crayons, pencils, or markers.  Give decoupage a try, use a metallic nail polish, or add glitter or fabric.  It was adding nail polish to Tee Corrine's female-empowering coloring book (the title of which is a little too salty for a family blog like this) that inspired my partner to approach me at a party eight years ago.

And hey, even if you don't achieve enlightenment while coloring, you're likely to still have a lot of fun; especially if it's shared!

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Raven lives in a forest with her two homeschooled children, partner, and several demanding cats. She enjoys performing, cooks a mean burger, and is obsessed with farming, but has yet to adopt a goat. Her publications are listed at SatyrsGarden.com.

Comments

  • C.S. MacCath
    C.S. MacCath Wednesday, 12 February 2014

    I just bought the Fat Ladies in Spaaaaace coloring book. Truly awesome of you to turn us on to it!

  • Raven J. Demers
    Raven J. Demers Tuesday, 18 March 2014

    Im very happy to hear it! Now that you've had a chance to look at it, what do you think?

  • C.S. MacCath
    C.S. MacCath Wednesday, 19 March 2014

    I love it, and it has prompted me to buy others; a mandala coloring book, a goddess coloring book, a steampunk coloring book. I had forgotten how much I enjoyed coloring, and as an adult, I do find it meditative. Thanks for the blog entry!

  • Raven J. Demers
    Raven J. Demers Wednesday, 19 March 2014

    Excellent! I'm so happy to have been helpful. Be well! ^_^

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