Do you doodle? May be you have memories of sitting in class at school, covering your notebook with random drawings or squiggles, only half listening to teacher. Or how about now?
In a meeting, or waiting at the doctor or dentist's office, or while talking on the phone lots of us reach for a piece of paper or anything at hand and start to idly scribble or make designs. May be its boredom, or just a built-in need to keep our hands busy. But actually, doodling can be very useful exercises."
The famous children's author and illustrator Maurice Sendak has said , " It's my way of stirring up my imagination to see what I find in my head, I call the results dream pictures, fantasy sketches, and even brain- sharpening exercises."
When we doodle, we are tapping into our subconscious mind. We are in a relaxed state , like a light trance, And what we draw then has a message for us, about our state of mind, an expressions of our feelings, or a possible solution to a problem. The good news is you can take charge of your doodling and use it for your own purpose. It can help jump-start your creativity, like it does for Maurice Sendak.
Or you can use it to help you solve a problem. Take a moment to think of the situation, and then let it to go. Take some long, slow deep breaths, and let your arm and hand move across the page at will. Stare out a window if you like, for distraction. After you have "doodle," look at what you have drawn. What does it look like to you? Let your mind wander and see what you come up with.
Doodling is also a great stress- reliever. You can release a lot of negative feeling or pent-up energy, just through the power of your hand moving a pen over a page.
