It's not something I do often, but I've done a number of puzzles with my family. It's nice to collaborate toward a common goal, and it's fun to watch the pictur

It's not something I do often, but I've done a number of puzzles with my family. It's nice to collaborate toward a common goal, and it's fun to watch the picture come together. I find that working on a puzzle puts me in a flow state, and slotting pieces into the correct place is very satisfying. It also really gets me focused on small details of the image like nothing else - small color gradations in the sky, for example - which can bring new perspective and appreciation to a painting or photograph. We always glue and frame our puzzles when we are finished (using standard off-the-shelf framing kits from Amazon - nothing like the scale of this article) and display them proudly in a common area of the house for a while after we finish. But I can see why it's not for everybody, which is totally fine. More open-ended projects are also great.