"Give those strings that rip 'n zing, you know exactly what I came here for."

[nausicaa83]

We're having horrible November weather here. The worst part is that apparently all tourists collectively forget ever having seen rain before as soon as they set foot in Venice, because they instantly don't know how to walk while holding an umbrella. Too foreign a concept. Is there a patron saint of patience? Because I think I scored so many points today from not hitting dumb people across the head with my cute little umbrella I'm pretty sure I'm gonna skip purgatory altogether, let me tell you.

Speaking of stressful situations, a few days ago the wonderful silviarambles pointed me in the direction of this amazing thing I had no idea existed, the Art Therapy Colouring Book. It arrived the other day, and I'm absolutely ecstatic about it!




It's a beautiful collection of black and white drawings and patterns to be coloured in as an anti-stress exercise. For all those situations where we need to take our mind off, as a relaxing hobby, or during phone conversations where one would usually doodle on the nearest piece of paper.


Here's my first completed page. That's two phone conversations, one lunch, and one dinner cooking. I hadn't done anything like this in twenty years, it was fantastic. I don't consider myself a very artsy person, so it was a great challenge as well. I brought it to my therapist today, and she loved it. *______*

The paper is very thick, and the colours don't bleed through. It's big, and there are a lot of pages: it'll take me months to finish it. I really can't recommend it enough. ^^

Comments

[space-oddity-75.livejournal.com]

Meraviglioso! Sei stata bravissima a colorare tutta quella paginona in così poco tempo. Adoro la perfezione del mix di colori e l'uniformità con cui li hai messi sulla pagina. Brava!

Queste cose le disegnavo e le coloravo anch'io al liceo (se sfoglio certi libri, trovo ancora tanti di questi disegni antistress a bordo pagina), e sono ottime per passare il tempo quando si ha bisogno di rilassarsi, magari con un bel sottofondo musicale. Lo metterò nella mia wishlist per quando avrò un po' di soldini da spendere per me. :)

[nausicaa83.livejournal.com]

Ma grazie! ♥ Ogni giorno ho un'ora fissa di conversazione telefonica con mia zia, durante la quale normalmente faccio disegnetti senza senso su post-it, o giocherello con la prima cosa che mi trovo tra le mani. Non riesco proprio a restare concentrata senza fare nulla. Con questo libro ottengo lo stesso risultato, ma alla fine ho anche prodotto qualcosa di bello e tangibile, è una gran soddisfazione. *_____*

Mi servono più pennarelli, però. Al momento ne ho solo sette, e voglio più sfumature. Magari ne trovo una confezione decente al negozio Tutto A 1 Euro!