Emotional release and the creative act
Lauren Halberstadt 
Everything about this can be so therapeutic! From the sponging of watercolour over stencils, to the tearing of paper in the collage.
Watercolour doodling and collage is one of the most liberating ways to work creatively.
❌ There’s no blank-page pressure,
❌ no need to “draw well,”
❌ and no expectation of perfection.
You simply splash colour, layer, and respond.
It's wonderfully playful, intuitive, and deeply expressive.
Take the watercolour work as an example. On days you're feeling frustrated or angry, just imagine how wild that colour would be thrown at that page! With sharp jerks in the wrist action, that paint brush would tell a multitude of stories if it could. Then imagine how much calmer and more in control of your inner world you'd feel afterwards.
Same goes for the sponging of colour over the stencil. Will your presses be light as a feather, or ground into the page with force?
How about the tearing of that paper, in the collage? Well, say farewell to frustration and hello to mindfulness, when you focus on the sound and feel of the paper as you're tearing it. Ahhhh! What satisfying sensory feedback! It acts as a safe, symbolic release for negative emotions or aggression, while also strengthening hand muscles and enhancing fine motor skills.
And don't even get me started on the doodling…
Everything about this creative work is so wonderfully therapeutic!
And when all is said and done, you get your therapy on your terms…when you want and where. Because all you need to do is watch my FREE art journaling tutorials, available on my website here. Find this particular layout in the lesson called 'Dandelions in the Wind Layout'
Just 15 minutes a day. This project isn't meant for one sitting, but rather over many days. Leave your materials out, and that makes it easier to keep coming back to.
The creative opportunities are endless.
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Love & light,
Lauren 💚