Adults Getting Caught up in the Coloring Craze

Описание: (20 Jan 2016) FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: apus046457

SOUNDBITE (English), Carol Hensen, coloring enthusiast:
"If I have soft music playing and stuff, I'm just into the coloring. Nothing else."
SOUNDBITE(English), Katy Blumenstein, coloring enthusiast:
"Well I know when I go home I'm always in a lot better mood than when I came."
COLORING -- ONCE A CHILDHOOD PASTTIME -- HAS GROWN UP.
SOUNDBITE (English) Bernice Hirsch, coloring enthusiast:
"It does take you back to your youth."
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BUT IT'S THE ADULTS WHO ARE NOW PICKING UP THE COLORED PENCILS MORE AND MORE.
THIS MONTH, COLORING BOOKS TOOK UP ALL 10 SPOTS ON THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING LIST FOR GAMES AND ACTIVITIES.
WITH THE SURGE IN POPULARITY... ADULT COLORING PROGRAMS HAVE BLOOMED ACROSS THE NATION.
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THIS MEET UP GROUP IN RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA RECENTLY HOSTED ITS FIRST COLORING GET TOGETHER AND THERE'S ALREADY A WAITLIST FOR THE NEXT ONE.
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JANE HENZE GOT HERS STARTED AT A WISCONSIN LIBRARY WITH SOME COLORED PENCILS, PHOTOCOPIES, AND REFRESHMENTS.
SOUNDBITE: Jane Henze, Adult Programming Director.
"People who come to this have never been in the library before so it's attracted a different crowd."
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SOUNDBITE (English) Carol Hensen, coloring enthusiast:
"I do it because I like to have something to do with my hands besides go to the refridgerator."
FOR OTHERS IT'S MORE THAN A COLORFUL DIVERSION.
SOPHIE DANGTRAN DISCOVERED COLORING YEARS AGO TO GET THROUGH BREAST CANCER TREATMENTS.
HER CANCER IS IN NOW IN REMISSION.
SOUNDBITE (English) Sophie Dangtran, coloring enthusiast:
"It was a very depressing time so this was a life saver, coloring was a life saver. "
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ART THERAPISTS HAVE LONG KNOWN ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF COLORING.
THEY SAY IT'S ACCESSIBLE TO ALL AND HELPS EASE STRESS.
SOUNDBITE (English) Carrie Danhieux-Poole, art therapist at Froedtert (FRAY'-dert) Hospital:
"They feel more focused, they feel more relaxed maybe they report any anxiety they might have been experiencing having decreased with the adult coloring."
AND THERE'S NO PRESSURE TO BE PERFECT.
SOUNDBITE (English) John Cloud, coloring enthusiast.
"I think right around third grade all of a sudden if you don't do a good job and you aren't the artist, you give it up. As an adult hopefully no one here is really feeling that."
SOUNDBITE (English) Sophie Dangtran, cancer survivor and coloring fan:
"I find the healthier I get the more colorful my designs are."
FILLING IN THE LINES -- HELPING PEOPLE ADD A BIT MORE COLOR INTO THEIR LIVES.
CARRIE ANTLFINGER, ASSOCIATED PRESS

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