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WEEK 3 | CELEBRATE OUR SENSES | DAY 17
Touch
Tune in to your sense of touch today. Touch can help lower stress, reduce pain, and boost our mood. It can also help us feel less anxious whether it's a hug or holding something in your hands. It gives us information like whether certain fruits are ripe or not, if water is too hot or cold. 
 
As you move through the day, focus on all the different textures you come across: the fabrics you are wearing, how lotions and balms feel, the smoothness and warmth of your coffee mug, the soft fur / reptilian skin / or smooth shell of your animal companions. 
 
Try to look for interesting textures at the grocery store, a home goods shop, or an art supply store--run your hands and fingertips over all the different items, feel the weight, the temperature.

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How can you create with “touch” in mind? Here are some ideas you could try:
  • Use your fingers and hands as your tool for today! Use them to tear pages out of magazines and then into smaller pieces and strip for a collage or as your brush to apply paint.
     
  • Let your hands be your starting point-- trace part of your had or add a thumb or some fingerprints then add on to it depending on how those shapes and lines inspire you.
     
  • Bring texture into your section: sketch a texture you connect with or add texture using thick paint or  adding another ingredient like baking soda to it to make it chunkier / sand like.

After you've finished your section or at the end of your day, give your hands a massage--they do so much for us! Follow this video for different techniques to try. Enjoy and talk to you tomorrow,

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