Elaborate and challenging, Basford\u2019s fans have found that completing one of her pages is as rewarding as it was filling in a coloring book as a child…This implicit satisfaction has awakened the nostalgia for childhood coloring<\/strong> in well over a million adults, who have reconnected with their youth, and creative side…”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\nJohanna Basford<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nAnd so we wonder, HOW these adults are connecting with their creative side<\/em>? Or are they simply losing themselves in a very safe childlike view of life, where there are directions and limits, and orderly boundaries? \u00a0There’s nothing wrong with that. But for sure…<\/p>\n…It is much easier to color within<\/em> the lines than it is to create our own designs<\/strong>. THAT can be incredibly scary and difficult, and we show us the limits of our talent, and open paths we never knew about.<\/p>\nWhat if<\/strong> you just started seeing what you doodle, draw, write, photograph, look at…<\/p>\n…What would happen if<\/strong> you wandered OFF the path…?<\/p>\nNote: The most illuminating part of this article is the Comments, which we recommend reading, for a much bigger view of this subject…(with \u00a0thanks to our very thoughtful\u00a0readers).<\/p>\n
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We were surprised to learn to that some of the most popular books on Amazon these days are coloring books for adults, with titles like Enchanted Forest: An Inky Quest & Coloring Book and Secret Garden: An Inky Treasure Hunt and Coloring Book.\u00a0One bills itself as Balance (Angie’s Extreme Stress Menders Volume 1)\u00a0. All feature…<\/p>\nRead More<\/a>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":49520,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[458,6549],"tags":[8386,8385],"yoast_head":"\nColoring Books for Adults: Do You REALLY Want to Color Within the Lines? - Improvised Life<\/title>\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\t \n\t \n\t \n \n \n \n \n \n\t \n\t \n\t \n