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Pablo Picaso - Every Child is an Artist. The problem is how to remain and artist once we grow up · the Daily Quote - Positive Daily Inspiration and Motivational Quote of the Day

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  Dot com Welcome to the Daily Quote, a podcast designed to
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  kick start your day in a positive way.
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  I'm our host Daniel McGivern for August 2nd.
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  Today is National Coloring Book Day and before you roll your
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  eyes and think, isn't that for kids?
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  Let me stop you right there. Adult coloring books have become
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  a massive phenomenon, and there's actually some serious
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  science behind why picking up those colored pencils might be
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  one of the best things you can do for your brain.
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  You see, coloring isn't just about staying inside the lines,
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  though there's something oddly satisfying about that, too.
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  It's about getting into what psychologists call a low state,
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  that magical zone where time seems to disappear and your mind
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  quiets down from its usual chatter.
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  It's meditation disguised as play.
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  The beauty of coloring is its simplicity.
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  You don't need to be Picasso. You don't need expensive
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  equipment. You just need to show up with a
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  crayon and let yourself get lost in the process.
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  There's no right or wrong way to color a Mandela or fill in a
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  geometric pattern. It's just you, the page, and
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  whatever colors speak to you in that moment.
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  This brings us to today's quote from Pablo Picasso, who once
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  said every child is an artist. The problem is how we remain an
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  artist once we grow up. Now, Picasso understood
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  something we often forget as adults, that creativity isn't
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  about perfection. It's about expression.
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  Watch any kid with a coloring book and you'll see pure,
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  unfiltered joy. They're not worried about
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  choosing the right color for the sky or whether their butterfly
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  looks realistic. They're just creating.
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  But somewhere along the way, many of us lose that fearless
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  creativity. We start second guessing
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  ourselves. We worry about judgement.
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  We convince ourselves we're not artistic and abandoned the very
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  thing that brought us so much joy as children.
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  The thing is, that artist is still in there.
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  It's just buried under years of being told to color inside the
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  lines, to follow the rules, to be practical.
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  But creativity doesn't follow rules.
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  It plays with them, bends them, sometimes breaks them entirely.
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  So today, whether you actually pick up a coloring book or just
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  approach your regular tasks with more creative spirit, remember
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  Picasso's words. That inner artist doesn't need
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  permission to come out and play. It just needs you to stop
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  overthinking and start creating. Maybe the sky in your coloring
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  book is purple today. Maybe your presentation at work
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  has a little extra flair. Maybe you take a different route
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  home just to see something new. However you choose to express
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  it, let that artist inside you have a voice that's going to do
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  it. For today, I'm Andrew McGivern,
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  signing off for now, but I'll be back tomorrow.
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  Same pod time, same pod station with another daily quote.