Why do we stop colouring as adults?

Recently I was asked if there was a specific reason why we stop colouring as we grow older with age, I answered to that question that all I could think at that moment without

researching anything was that we have this perception that colouring is a children's activity and that perhaps our lives becomes so chaotic that we barely have time for this activity.

This question left me thinking throughout these past days, and no matter how many times I researched the exact question, I was left behind with a very open answer regarding our adult imagination. I found different answers throughout my research one of them was that our attitudes towards play changes and our "toys" become more specialized and complex, therefore we encounter ourselves developing new ways to do these activities. Twentieth-century Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget developed the theory that children's cognitive

development breaks down into four separate stages. We Learn the basics of interacting with the world as babies, and from there, we develop progressively more sophisticated reasoning and abstract thinking as we come to understand the relationship between ourselves, other people, and the objects around us. An example of this would be whenever we play with toys as children, and later on cherish these toys as part of our childhood "memorabilia".

Another reason I found on my to why we stop colouring as adults, is that as we grow older our left side of the brain, or how it's often called our "Logic" brain, which is in charge of perceiving any danger, our survival instincts and aware of risks is used more frequently than our right side of our brain. Our Logic brain is also our Censor, our second, (third and fourth) thoughts, and is usually the one that speaks to you in a negative way. You would usually hear the Logic brain whenever you are most sensible. However there is that other side of our brain, our right side, the "Artist" brain.

The Artist brain is our creative, holistic brain.

It thinks in colours, shading and patterns. It's our inventor, the child within ourselves, and every morning, as our Logic brain is still "asleep" and is unable to recognize risks as we wake up. As we see the difference of both sides of our brain and Jean Piaget's theory on children's cognitive development, we can state that as we grow older our creative spark tends to lower down as more responsibilities are given to us, or how we learn to understand the risks

that certain actions might have. It is up to each on of us to improve and make time for us

to have those creative outlets for us to use more of our "Artist" brain to maintain our

creativity and imagination intact.

I would love to hear from you, do you remember

the last time you coloured? Or do you use your "Artist" brain?