National Coloring Book Day 2023

We have another National Coloring Book Day for the artistically inclined. The coloring book has evolved from a book of simple dark outlined low resolution sketches to some with very sophisticated illustrations — some of which can boggle the mind.

The act of coloring is supposedly beneficial according to researchers and art therapy practitioners. I recall my best ole ex-friend Irene would maintain books and crayons then have persons she encountered color a page from time to time. I was never into it. I always wondered what kind of psychological ramifications were indicated by my resistence to it all ... but now I'll never really know.

I remember how much I used to love coloring to be so far removed from it here in the autumn of my life. It's amazing how the things you once loved can become simply concepts for discussion.

National Coloring Book Day is a day to wax sentimental for those childhood days gone by. However, coloring is no longer purely a childhood pursuit. I used to supply the local VA hospital with supplies of adult coloring books, crayons, markers, and colored pencils as a way to wile away the hours on a nursing ward. I thought it was a good thing to do for the patients ... and the nurses.

So if you color, good. If you like it ... even better. Your artistic nature speaks volumes for the person you are and relates a desire to participate.

Happy National Coloring Book Day !

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National Coloring Book Day 2022