Tranquil Spaces provide for creative Inspiration: Abstract shapes in foliage

Charlotte Wensley
Mar 10, 2022
2 min read

Updated: 6 days ago

Finding restoration and creative spark in urban green spaces is like finding treasure.

Tranquil green spaces in cities seem exceptionally restorative—perhaps because they sit in such vivid contrast to the built environment around them.

Concrete, glass, and the perpetual motion of urban life create a kind of visual tension, and stepping into a garden or park feels like crossing an invisible threshold. Abstract shapes are found in every view.

Colours soften, sounds shift, and the pace of everything seems to fall back into its natural rhythm.

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For artists, these pockets of nature offer far more than just a moment of calm. Public gardens and parklands are living, breathing studios—places where texture, colour, contrast, light and shade are constantly rearranging themselves.

Leaves turn and flutter, shadows travel across paths, and the landscape shifts minute by minute. It’s inspiration delivered in real time, far away from the familiar confines of the studio.

Wandering through a well-tended garden can feel like following a gentle narrative. Pathways lead you somewhere—sometimes to a grand vista, sometimes to a quiet bench tucked under a tree. These designed landscapes invite you to slow down, to look longer, and to notice more.

They create a kind of visual spaciousness that opens up your thinking as well as your senses.

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