I've been trying many things to turning down the noises a little bit. Running, writing, swimming, and recently, coloring. Coloring used to be a childhood activities, but lucky me, this year became the best seller year of adult coloring book. The difference between children and adult coloring book is the details of the picture drawn. In adult coloring book you'll find intricate details of things all over the pages.
It will be stressful to color it all if you do it unwillingly, but if you like it, it will be a peaceful and pretty addictive to spend your time with. If with reading we'll gain something from the book, and with writing we create something from ideas, then coloring always make me feel like I'm straightening the haywire inside my head and then transferring energy into colors. And it turns out beautiful.
From many choices of adult coloring books in the bookstores, I bought the Enchanted Forest by Johanna Basford, with beautiful patterns and details that I can't wait to color all the picture inside. But I think to make it into beautiful colors, you have to do it in the right mood, not in order to achieve a target to finish the book.
It's a great way to relaxing your mind and playing with colors even if you can't draw or paint. I always love the feeling when I completed one page: it's like finding a way to Wonderland, and I don't mind to get my self lost in it.
Ah, and one last quote from Leonardo da Vinci
"For those colors which you wish to be beautiful, always first prepare a pure white ground."
World, stories, mind, heart, For everything you wish to be beautiful, always set a pure heart first,
then you can show your true colors.
