Flowers delight us with their color and beauty. The greater our senses are engaged, the
greater our experience of recovery. Flowers serve our wellness by pleasing numerous
senses at the same time, smell, sight, and touch, to name a few. We watch seeds sprout
as they respond to nurturing. When looking at flowers, we reflect on our own personal
growth, willingness to change, and our responses to care and kindness. Flower gardens
are places of self-reflection and peace. Artists have been inspired by flowers throughout
the ages. Because of their short life spans, flowers embody life’s frailty and help us
appreciate the great beauty of our existence. They sprout, grow, blossom, and wilt, not
without leaving permanent impressions on our senses and imaginations.
Our wellness often requires finding the beauty around us. Flowers entertain us and make
us more aware of the seasons of change and the cycles of the revolving earth below.
Environmental wellness is defined as ‘good health by occupying pleasant, stimulating
environments that support well-being’.
Art exercise: Use mixed media, dried flowers, or other materials to create a piece of art.
Try not to make a representational picture. Create art that embodies your sense of life.
Recovery doesn’t mean a slavish existence to details, so why create a piece of art that
does? Engage your imagination in a way that reflects your spirit of recovery. Paint and
draw freely. Use color and line and be inspired.
Remember we see with our minds, not with our eyes. Reflect on that statement for a moment.
The eyes are simply lenses and nerve endings that send impulses to the brain. How
the brain interprets and processes that visual stimuli determines what we actually see and
understand. The more we know, the more we see.
How does your flower art represent the problems with the environment as a whole? Consider
the climate change situation, or the quality of the water and air we consume. Make
flower art to express your feelings about these issues. Use words if necessary.
There are three things I know about roses: They are beautiful. They all have thorns. I’d rather live in a
world with roses than a world without roses. There are three things I know about people: They are beautiful.
They all have thorns. I’d rather live in a world with people than a world without people.
– Matthew Kelly, bestselling author of Life is Messy
Videos:
https://youtu.be/LjCzPp-MK48
https://youtu.be/58yVJ-febIU
greater our experience of recovery. Flowers serve our wellness by pleasing numerous
senses at the same time, smell, sight, and touch, to name a few. We watch seeds sprout
as they respond to nurturing. When looking at flowers, we reflect on our own personal
growth, willingness to change, and our responses to care and kindness. Flower gardens
are places of self-reflection and peace. Artists have been inspired by flowers throughout
the ages. Because of their short life spans, flowers embody life’s frailty and help us
appreciate the great beauty of our existence. They sprout, grow, blossom, and wilt, not
without leaving permanent impressions on our senses and imaginations.
Our wellness often requires finding the beauty around us. Flowers entertain us and make
us more aware of the seasons of change and the cycles of the revolving earth below.
Environmental wellness is defined as ‘good health by occupying pleasant, stimulating
environments that support well-being’.
Art exercise: Use mixed media, dried flowers, or other materials to create a piece of art.
Try not to make a representational picture. Create art that embodies your sense of life.
Recovery doesn’t mean a slavish existence to details, so why create a piece of art that
does? Engage your imagination in a way that reflects your spirit of recovery. Paint and
draw freely. Use color and line and be inspired.
Remember we see with our minds, not with our eyes. Reflect on that statement for a moment.
The eyes are simply lenses and nerve endings that send impulses to the brain. How
the brain interprets and processes that visual stimuli determines what we actually see and
understand. The more we know, the more we see.
How does your flower art represent the problems with the environment as a whole? Consider
the climate change situation, or the quality of the water and air we consume. Make
flower art to express your feelings about these issues. Use words if necessary.
There are three things I know about roses: They are beautiful. They all have thorns. I’d rather live in a
world with roses than a world without roses. There are three things I know about people: They are beautiful.
They all have thorns. I’d rather live in a world with people than a world without people.
– Matthew Kelly, bestselling author of Life is Messy
Videos:
https://youtu.be/LjCzPp-MK48
https://youtu.be/58yVJ-febIU
