Coloring
“It [coloring] engages both sides of your brain in that it’s both creative and tactical.”
2015 is the year my love for coloring is rekindled.
A few things are close to my heart: reading, traveling and studying languages. But I have forgotten about my love for coloring. When I was a kid in primary school, I loved participating in coloring contests. I’d buy magazines with my pocket money and the first thing I did was flip the mag to the contest page and started coloring. I’d then passed the finished product to my mom neatly sealed in an envelope for her help to post it. I also checked carefully that my personal particulars on the contest form were error-free. Meticulousness is a habit I cultivated from young.
Just how did I reconnect my childhood love for coloring with adult-coloring that coincidentally seems to be the craze lately? I don't have a good answer for that but I can assure you there is a time and season for everything. Coloring is a beautiful hobby. Most of the articles on adult coloring talk about coloring as a stress-relief thing. For me, it’s my love affair with paper, pen, and pencils for the longest time.
Seeing a black-and-white page transform into a colorful one with your dash of style and quirkiness is a fulfilling and very satisfying feeling. Coming back to the above quote by Alice Domar, creativity comes with envisioning the color selection and how it will play throughout the piece, while tactical involves applying your decisions to the artist’s design.
I can see many happy days ahead coloring to my heart’s bliss.
