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In a world where every day brings new challenges and stress, environmentalist Karen Auld and artist Sam Matthews are proud to announce the launch of a unique coloring book titled Color Love and Kindness. This inspiring coloring book is designed to spread messages of love, kindness, and positivity through the therapeutic art of coloring.

During the pandemic, Karen felt helpless as the news reported deaths, lockdowns and social protests. On a walk one day, she remembered a Buddist meditation called Metta. Metta invites you to offer love and kindness to yourself, others and the world. The meditation had such a profound calming for Karen that she decided to find ways to share it with others.

Fast forward to 2022. Sam had just opened her art studio in Stewartsville, Propagate Studio. Knowing the power of meditation, Sam wanted to include it at her studio, but also knew that creatives like her found it difficult to sit and passively meditate. So she partnered with Karen to launch a class, Mindful Making. The class incorporates fun, no-pressure art activities with mindfulness and for that first class, Sam designed a coloring page for the Metta meditation. Knowing the popularity of adult coloring books and seeing how much people loved practicing Metta with coloring, Karen and Sam decided to create a coloring book.

Color Love and Kindness, A Meditative Coloring Book includes 52 original drawing to color. The book was produced locally and printed on bamboo based paper stock as Karen and Sam wanted to understand the environmental footprint and supply chain of their book. Also included in the book, is a link to on-line resources to support the coloring meditation practice. A percentage of the net proceeds of the book will be going to the Propagate Fund; a fund that ensures accessibility to classes at Propagate Studio regardless of your financial situation.

To celebrate the release of their book, a launch party will be held at Propagate Studio on February 18th.

Event Information:

A launch party will be held on February 18. Participants will receive the coloring book and swag bag. During the event Karen and Sam will share with the audience their experience of making the book and then lead the participants through the meditation:

Date: February 18, 2024
Location: Propagate Studio 2546 Rt. 57 Stewartsville, NJ,
Event start time: 3:00
Cost: $25
Link: https://www.propagatestudionj.com/shop/p/color-love-kindness-coloring-book-launch-party

About:

Karen Auld is a speaker, writer and mentor for mission-driven entrepreneurs and activists based in Stanton, NJ. Her mission – to promote sustainable mindset practices for personal fulfillment and environmental preservation all fueled by the renewable energy of love. Karen brings pragmatic thinking to self-help teaching and environmental activism keeping heavy topics fun, light and digestible. This approach let’s her clients and students grow and evolve their way.

Sam Matthews is a whimsical artist located in Phillipsburg, NJ. She has traveled all over the world seeking beauty and it was overseas where she discovered her passion for developing creative outlets for others. This passion has taken shape in the form of two businesses; Art Across Borders and Propagate Studio. Art Across Borders focuses on photobooths for events and Propagate Studio is a brick-and-mortar studio hosting workshops, events, local artists, and an art supply thrift shop. She believes that the process of art making opens doors that can truly change a person’s life, no matter their age or skill or ability.

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Week of 2/12/24