Explorative Doodles
In this simple calming activity you’ll be doing a guided meditation on J.M.W Turner’s painting The Evening Star. What can you see when you spend time with an artwork?
You will need: A pen and some sticky notes.
Warm Up
Before you start the exercise, take a minute to figure out how you are feeling at the moment with this guided body scan – follow along with the video.
Activity
Gather your materials and prepare to look really closely, you’ll be letting your paper decide how your doodles will turn out. This exercise is called “entopic graphomania”, and it is a lot simpler than it sounds. Draw along, but feel free to continue after the end of the video and take as long as you need.
Reflection
When you are finished, take a moment to reflect on how you found this exercise.
Creative Mindfulness Resource
Download this free resource, full of simple exercises and activities to help practice creative mindfulness at home.
