Serenity Sketch turns disappearing water paintings into a mobile self-care ritual
Overview & Key Takeaways
Serenity Sketch is filed under Health & Fitness on the App Store, which means it's sitting somewhere between a step counter and a sleep tracker rather than anywhere near the games. Copper Coin itself calls it a self-care app that plays like a game, and having looked at what's actually in it, that's just about right. I wrote about this back in May when it was announced, and not much has changed. You paint with water on stone, a narrator talks you through it, and everything you make eventually evaporates. No undo, no save, nothing to look back at and pick apart. It's borrowed from dishu, the Chinese art of water calligraphy, and the whole point is that the thing disappearing is the good bit. ... [MORE]
Serenity Sketch is filed under Health & Fitness on the App Store, which means it's sitting somewhere between a step counter and a sleep tracker rather than anywhere near the games. Copper Coin itself calls it a self-care app that plays like a game, and having looked at what's actually in it, that's just about right. I wrote about this back in May when it was announced, and not much has changed. You paint with water on stone, a narrator talks you through it, and everything you make eventually evaporates. No undo, no save, nothing to look back at and pick apart. It's borrowed from dishu, the Chinese art of water calligraphy, and the whole point is that the thing disappearing is the good bit. ... [MORE]
