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Drawing while looking into your partners eyes for a fun and quick date night idea – Love Vitamins for Life

A quick and easy date night idea to build a healthy relationship. Here’s what you need 1️⃣ 2 pieces of paper 2️⃣ 2 pens 3️⃣ 60 seconds with your partner All you have to do is look into your partners eyes and draw them. There are 2 simple rules ✍️ Draw a single continuous line without lifting the pen from the paper 👁️ Maintain eye contact for 60 seconds Our inspiration for the activity was from a Ted Talk given by Wendy MacNaughton – The art of paying attention. In an invitation to slow down and look at the world around you, the graphic journalist illustrates how drawing can spark deeply human, authentic connections. Ready to try? Grab a pencil and join MacNaughton for her delightful talk. "Drawing is looking, and looking is loving," she says. Link below 🔗 https://www.ted.com/talks/wendy_macnaughton_the_art_of_paying_attention LoVita – Love Vitamins for a healthier is a community by Partners for Partners. We share stories about how Partners are working intentionally toward building a healthier relationship. To learn more check out the links below 🔗 All below links in a single page  – https://linktr.ee/lovitalovevitamins Website – https://lovita.blog Newsletter – https://mailchi.mp/81f58463e76b/subscribe Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/lovitalovevitamins Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/lovitalovevitamins — Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lovitalovevitamins/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lovitalovevitamins/support

Activity

All you have to do is look into your partners eyes and draw them.

Thing you need

1️⃣ 2 pieces of paper
2️⃣ 2 pens
3️⃣ 60 seconds with your partner

There are 2 simple rules

✍️ Draw a single continuous line without lifting the pen from the paper
👁️ Maintain eye contact for 60 seconds

Wanna see what we ended up drawing?

According to Research, the exposure or mere-exposure effect is a psychological artifact which states people express undue liking for things merely because they are familiar with them

Our Takeaways

• Focus on looking into your partners eyes and pay attention to the details. The activity is trying to inspire intentionality and attention towards your partner in a shared experience.
• It’s hard to maintain eye contact for that long but the mind keeps drifting away cause it loves to wander. The activity gives you an opportunity to look at each other and take a not of the details. This allows one to see specifics that you would not see otherwise.

Inspiration

Our inspiration for the activity was from a Ted Talk given by Wendy MacNaughton – The art of paying attention. In an invitation to slow down and look at the world around you, the graphic journalist illustrates how drawing can spark deeply human, authentic connections. Ready to try? Grab a pencil and join MacNaughton for her delightful talk. “Drawing is looking, and looking is loving,” she says.