ROOTED MINDS
Connecting With Nature.
Overview.
In this activity, you will be able to use your imagination and creativity to portray it out in nature. This allows you to identify some secret talents of arts that you do not know you have within you.
Duration: 10 minutes
Benefits.
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Stimulate the imagination
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Makes you more observant
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Enhance problem solving skills
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Reduce stress
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Boost self esteem and provides a sense of accomplishment
Concept.
Stimulate imagination: It supports the bigger view of life: beauty, symbols, spirituality, storytelling, and allows us to be present in the moment.
Observant: Creating art helps you learn to “see” by concentrating on detail and paying more attention to your environment.
Problem-Solving Skills: Art challenges our beliefs and encourages open-ended thinking that creates an environment of creative thinking in problem solving.
Reduces Stress: It clears some head space and allows one to focus on the good in life.
Instructions.
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Take a look at your surroundings. Making use of all the material around you, create an artwork that represents your happiness and empowerment
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Materials can be like branches, leaves, stems and flowers.
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Collect a few of them that are enough to make any artwork. Proceed to a clear green patch and construct your artwork.
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Think and visualise what makes you happy in your life.
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After you have constructed your beautiful masterpiece, take a look and notice about your feelings.
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Ask yourself why do you feel this way.
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Congratulations! You have reached the end of connecting with Nature. Goodbye!