The Blissful Living

01/10/2026

October feels like a good time to return to something familiar and look at it with fresh eyes. It has always brought its own kind of creative energy.

Inktober, the month-long art challenge, is probably the most familiar one, a simple idea that has inspired many artists to create consistently throughout the month.

Over the years, I’ve explored October in my own way through Flowertober and Gardentober, each giving me a different creative direction to follow.

This year, I wanted to do something a little different!

Instead of choosing another prompt list, I decided to follow my own rhythm returning to a craft I know, love and have explored before: Leheriya.

I’ll be taking it from textile to paper and exploring what happens when its lines, colours and rhythms are reimagined through watercolour.

One lehar at a time.

Stay tuned.

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06/09/2026

Day 06 - Calm

Calm doesn’t always arrive when life becomes quiet.
Sometimes, we have to create a little space for it within ourselves.

Today, step into nature and notice what brings you a sense of ease. Be it a colour, a sound, a breeze, sunlight, or simply a quiet moment.

Bring that feeling of calmness onto paper. Use colours, shapes, lines or textures to create what calm feels like to you.

Don’t try to make it beautiful.
Let it feel like you.

And as you create, ask yourself:

What does calm look like within me?



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05/09/2026

Day 05 - Gratitude

There are things in life that quietly shape us. We carry pieces of people with us.

A quality we picked up from someone we admire.
A strength we discovered within ourselves.
A part of life we have learned to appreciate.
A chapter that changed the way we see ourselves.
Today, choose one lesson that has stayed with you, one thing you genuinely feel grateful to have experienced or become.

Give that lesson a creative form - a colour, a symbol, a few lines, a small sketch, or anything that feels like you.

Because gratitude can also be a way of recognising how far we’ve come.

What lesson are you carrying forward?



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04/09/2026

DAY 04 - TEXTURE

Today, slow down enough to feel what you usually only look at.

Step outside. Notice the textures around you - rough bark, soft grass, cracked earth, grain, patterns, leaves

Choose the textures that speak to you and translate them into your own marks, patterns imprints, textures.

What did my choice of textures reveal about me?

This isn’t about creating perfect art.
It’s about noticing what naturally draws you in and discovering a little more of yourself through it.

art • nature • self-reflection



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04/09/2026

DAY 03 — COLOUR 🎨

If your mood had a colour today, what would it be?

Step into nature and notice the colours that catch your attention. Don’t just look at them, notice what you feel when you see them.

Create a small colour palette inspired by what you found, and ask yourself:

What is my inner world trying to tell me today?

No right colours. No perfect art.
Just a moment to see, feel and express yourself.

Art • Nature • Self-Reflection.



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03/09/2026

✨ Happy Shri Krishan Janamasthami ✨

03/09/2026

03/09/2026

Day 02 - LISTEN

We spend so much of our day surrounded by noise that we rarely pause to hear what is around us.

Today, we step into nature and listen for the sounds you usually miss - the wind, birds chirping, footsteps, leaves, distant voices…

Listen and Express what you hear into lines, marks, shapes or patterns. Don’t try to draw what you hear.
Let your hand respond to it.

And ask yourself:
What did I hear when I finally became quiet?

A journey to slow down, create, and discover a little more about ourselves.

30 Days • Art • Nature • Self-Reflection



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02/09/2026

Day 01 - NOTICE

Before we create, we notice.

Today, step outside and slow down. Look around without searching for anything specific. Let one little detail in nature catch your attention, a leaf, a tree, a shadow, a sound, a colour, anything that grabs your attention.

Stay with it for a moment and ask yourself:

Why did I notice this?

Use that observation as your starting point for doing something creative. Draw it, sketch it, write about it, turn it into colours, lines or shapes. Let your emotions flow freely.

There is no right way to create. Use your interpretation

This is not about making beautiful art.
It’s about discovering what your attention reveals about you.

Art • Nature • Self-Reflection

Create to discover.



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01/09/2026

This September, The Blissful Living invites you into a 30-day journey where nature, art and creativity become tools for self-reflection and wellbeing.

Through simple daily practices, we’ll step outside, slow down, notice what surrounds us, create with intention, and listen a little more closely to what’s within.

Because creativity isn’t only about making something beautiful.
It can be a way of seeing yourself more clearly.

30 days of art, nature & self-reflection.
A month to reconnect with your mind, body and inner self.

Join the challenge.



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