Mitsubishi Pencil Co. has drawn attention with a new set of coloring pencils designed for adults as a coloring boom among middle-aged and senior people continues across Japan.
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Coloring has emerged as a simple pastime for retired members of the baby-boom generation, and its popularity has surged with claims that thinking about and separating colors has the effect of a mental workout.
It's one way to cultivate your eye and beauty which is immensely gratifying. Too few of us have the time when we're working.
I've always looked forward to painting in my later life.
Posted by Jill Fallon at July 9, 2006 8:32 PM | Permalink