Found my pencils, and found a page of free mandala coloring pages - printed up a few, will take to work with me, see if any of the individuals there would like to try their hands at them, too.
I hope they enjoy it Andi! And you too.
I've seen some really nice designs for kids, but I have the say that the more intricate designs are more fun for me.
ita, the great thing about the things I'm doing now is that the color doesn't have to cover a large area (that's were markers are better) so coloring with pencils in the smaller spaces feels less intimidating to me.
I pulled out an old sketch book and noticed that my colored pencil life drawings were just terrible. Without the boundaries of the printed designs, I'm just terrible with the pencils. I'm good at rendering in black and grey, but not color. Not sure why that is, although I think it stems from not being able to get enough subtlety with limited colors.
I see that Prisamcolor has a portrait set with 24 tones. I suspect it will be a really long time before I give that a try. After all, this whole venture is about relaxation and meditation. Drawing portraits would be too stressful.
Oh dear, the quake news is very upsetting.
I'm emotionally all out of sorts today. I'm trying to deal with it by just plugging through a bunch of crap that just needs to get done, which is kinda working. It's not making me happy, but at least now I'm not about to snap someone's head off.
Damn it. I got another parking ticket. (Which will join the pile of, um, six, that I haven't paid yet. I should get on that.)
Today, I (fairly randomly) met an old co-worker. She's still in the same job, but she's debating whether to stay or not. I think talking was good for both of us.
((((Jilli and Tzepesh)))) Here's hoping it's "just" a GI -- even IBD would be better than lymphoma.
Oh Jilli honey. I hope all resolves well for you and the big guy.
All positive thoughts for Tzepesh, and a little candle lit. Others lit for his humans.
Comfort and ease to Tzepesh and his loving people.
All the best to Jilli and Pete and Tzepesh.
Just caught up, shouldn't be here but needed the break and missed my peeps. Quick meara:
Erin, what everyone else said. Very proud of you, and went through a similar breakdown in Peace Corps. But here I am, back in a teaching-type position that works for me. I hope you find something wonderful.
Zen, oy. I feel for you and I'm glad you found a nice hotel to crash in.
bonny, that is absolutely gorgeous. Now I want to try coloring some mandalas. A friend gave me a huge one in college, but I never colored it and finally got rid of it. I'd have to do it in small chunks, I can't hold pencils for too long before my hands hurt, but yeah... just maybe.
Dear org, pretty sure it's not my fault I have no idea who I need to get approval from for anything. Also, some admin support for my program would be nice, since 1 day in the office every other week is clearly not enough. And since I didn't take this job to sit on my butt in front of a computer. Thx.
Thinking good thoughts for Tzepesh and his people.
