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Explorations with Bubble Art
Embracing my inner child in art
Art has the amazing ability to help our mental health. It helps us calm down and focus on a single project, blocking out the outside world. The fine hand motor coordination and bright colors can help our brains to disconnect from the stress of our everyday lives and be encompassed in the world we are creating.
This effect is amplified when we don’t put a lot of pressure on the project. It is simply an activity to help us destress and we will get something beautiful out of it. A wonderful way to “force” you into this mindset if you have trouble setting aside your perfectionist tendencies is to embrace some inner child art: art that you did as a child or is often used with children today. This art is so simple that even preschoolers can do it, so why not you?!
This inner child art can be especially freeing, allowing us to simply enjoy the process instead of tearing apart our work, obsessing over every “imperfect” detail. I’ve talked before about some wonderful inner child artwork to try out and I finally got the opportunity to try out some bubble art, which has been on my list for a while. I did a little bit of research on the best supplies and methods. In general, I found two general sets of…
