“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” – Thomas Merton
This was the last week of our February heART challenge!
Martha Beck, a sociologist, famous author, and life coach, explores the deep connection between anxiety and creativity in her work. She suggests that anxiety is often a sign of repressed creative energy—a signal that something within us is longing for expression.
Instead of fighting anxiety, Beck encourages people to channel it into creativity, using practices like journaling and imaginative play. She believes that when we embrace curiosity over fear, anxiety can become a guiding force.
This week’s topic was PLAY – to remind us to be silly, relax, and just have some fun.
Thank you to everyone who joined for this Creativity Challenge!
Here are some of week 4’s playfulness:
When things look dull, When life is grey Add some yellow Add some play. Add some green, Add some blue, A bit of red & violet too. Life will be brighter You will see, If you just add some colours with me.Throwback to 10 years ago: What colour is this dress?A reminder that people literally see things differently.Circles are the same colour!?🥰Love this energetic connectionAdults need to playSuch fun! The kids loved this!For this week, I am submitting not only my own, but also my good friend Adele’s creations. I was having an incredibly difficult day on Monday, and in true fashion as is her nature, she wanted to brighten my day and lessen the horror that was happening, and so she brought with her some art supplies. So, we played this game where we each draw something, within 5 minutes, then swop canvasses, and draw on the others’, for another 5 minutes, and so forth till we thought we’re done. Needless to say, we had a great time, loads of laughs and heaps of fun playing with the pretty colours and being silly. Thank you Adele, our artwork sits proudly on my fireplace mantle, and shows the level of fun we can have as a team 😁How do you play? This is how we play. Thanks for sharing, Christelene!Nothing quite like Vibing Polish Chickens!🤣🤣🤣 Full video on LivinglikeLinley on Instagram.Full freedom is giving others the permission to misunderstand you.Weeeeee!
