Stayhomeartchellenge saved my sanity. And I am 100% serious.
Such a tricky time has come I must say.
Contagious Corona virus has affected the planet; or is the planet that is sick of us, humans?
Either way, it is a time for self isolation, self love and reconsidering things, values and what matters most.
During this period I am participating in Stayhomeartchallenge on Instagram.
Read more about Stayhomeartchallenge here and come along with me!
I will share with you my journey (and my quarantine days as well) and I encourage you do the same: stick to something creative, participate in to this challenge, take an online course, rest, apply self-love and enjoy slow-living.
Let this be our chance to become better human beings and reach the finish line healthy and alive.
P.s. As the virus is still alive..brrrr..the isolation restrictions keep becoming even more strict. As the weeks come by and the following months are predicted to be likewise (oh, hello Groundhog Day! 👋🏻 ) its is harder for me to invent ways to suggest you spend your days. Each of my designs on Stayhomeartchallenge depict parts of my reality. Trying to experiment with new things and suggestions becomes trickier day by day.
Do YOU have any suggestions for me to draw on stayhomeartchallenge? How do you spend your lockdown days? Leave your comments below 👇🏻 and let’s get through this, together!
/katrin
Read a book! (Day1_StayHomeArtChallenge)
Fix something broken! (Day2_StayHomeArtChallenge)
Play videogames! (Day3_StayHomeArtChallenge)
Stay in bed - All day long! (Day7_StayHomeArtChallenge)
Declutter your closet! (Day6_StayHomeArtChallenge)
Sketch something! (Day 11_#stayhomeartchallenge)
Take up a musical instrument! (Day5_StayHomeArtChallenge)
Bakers gonna bake! (Day8_StayHomeArtChallenge)
Make soup Not war! (Day9_StayHomeArtChallenge)
Hug your Pet! (Day4_StayHomeArtChallenge)
Listen to the rain! (Day1O_StayHomeArtChallenge)
sketch something! (day 11 #stayhomeartchallenge)
Take pictures from home(day 16_#stayhomeartchallenge)
Colour code your bookshelves( day 15__#stayhomearchallenge)
Go for a run! (day 14_#stayhomeartchallenge)
Bullet Start your own Bullet Journal! ( Day 13_#stayhomeartchallenge)
Paint that Wall! (Day 12_
#Stayhomeartchallenge)
Call someone you haven't talked to for a while. Connect! (Day17_stayhomeartchallenge)
Dry tea leaves, herbs, add whatever you like! Try a new tea recipe! (Day 18_stayhomeartchallenge)
Meditate for Earth's healing (Day 19_#stayhomeartchallenge)
Take some rest. (Day 20_stayhomeartchallenge)
Take some rest. (Day 20_stayhomeartchallenge)
Observe Nature (and draw what you saw).
Today's design has been tricky as i had to transfer my watercolour paintings to a digital form, which, obviously i don't know how it's done 😂 and therefore took me houuuuurs, so the result might be a bit "childish". But, it's ok, i like it and hey, I've learnt a new skill today, so win-win. 👏🏻 [Inspired from the #scandinavian nature and my neighbourhood in #stockholm.]
(DAY 22_stayhomeartchallenge)
We might feel like we're prisoned, but what if we'd all started to sing? Sing as if you were free! (Day23_stayhomeartchallenge)
Mental Time Travel, or CHRONOSTHESIA.
In psychology, mental time travel (also called "chronosthesia") is the capacity to mentally reconstruct personal events from the past (episodic memory) as well as to imagine possible scenarios in the future (episodic foresight / episodic future thinking). [wikipedia]
(Day 21_stayhomeartchallenge)
Make your own garden! ''Sometimes when you're in a dark place you think you've been buried, but you've actually been planted.'' (Day24_stayhomeartchallenge)
This too shall pass. (Day 25_stayhomeartchallenge)
When was the last time you felt grateful for what you got? Appreciate time with ypur family, your partner, your pet, yourself.
Plan ahead your next adventure! 🗺📷📙🎒🥤 [What will you do first after the quarantine is over? 🧐] .
Plan ahead your next adventure! 🗺📷📙🎒🥤 [What will you do first after the quarantine is over? 🧐] .
It's yoga o'clock! Be bold and brave and give Shirshasana a chance!
Write a letter of appreciation to the people you love and you are grateful for. Raise awareness. 📝
How many chances will you have? Tell them that you love them. Write down the most important moments you have shared together, your strongest memories. And then give it to the recipient. Gratitude should be expressed every day and every precious moment. 🙏🏻
DAY 30 of staying home and this year we will celebrate Easter in a very uncommon way: being social distanced rather than gathering with family and friends, or travelling. So what? Decorate your home in bright colours and have this isolated experience. Happiness is a state of mind. 🐰
•DAY 31 of staying home is Good Thursday and in Greece it's "easter egg dying day". 🌈
DAY 32 of staying home: Hack it 💪🏻 Patience is a virtue. Many beautiful things arise from it. Rainbows come after rain. Resurrection 🌈
DAY 33 of staying home: Enjoy some mood-boosting books 📚 (Joyful/ Wabi Sabi/ Creativity takes Courage) and surround yourself with mood boosting plants (e.g. baby avocados 🥑)
🎈Aaaand here comes Euphoria! 🌈🙌🏻 [📙Joyful: Ingrid Fetell Lee -> @aestheticsofjoy , 📗Wabi Sabi: Beth Kempton -> @bethkempton , 📘 Creativity takes Courage: Irene Smit & Astrid van der Hulst -> @irenesmitflow - @astridvanderhulst ]
Board Games are so fun!
Pamper Yourself
upgrade your skills
update your CV
support art workers
forever young
listen to old songs
better days are coming
write your quarantine scenario
movie time
sleepless nights morning poems
it's ok not to be ok
Growth is not linear
Freedom
keep memory alive
