Doodle

Have you ever found yourself "doodling" while on the phone or during a lecture? I think there is even a book published featuring doodles of well-known persons. I am not an avid doodler but I have on occasion noticed a doodle or two on a piece of paper after being on the phone. Some doodles can be quite telling depending on what task is stimming the doodling.

I will digress a moment. I looked up doodle in my Little Oxford dictionary, and it said scrawl. Now please, "scrawl," just say it for me a few times. "Scrawl... scrawl." No, it does not feel or sound right. It actually sounds quite harsh. "Doodle" is much more pleasant, happy, almost musical. Our daughter sometimes refers to her uncle ( my brother) as "Uncle Doodle." She named him that for a reason, which has more to do with word association. Though, I just gave myself a good laugh when I consulted my larger Collegiate dictionary and looked up the word "doodle" and well, I'll go no further.

Where was I? I digress too much. So I usually go to my art table and begin a picture for whatever reason. Sometimes the TV or music is on in the background to keep me company, but there are no other distractions. This time, with purpose, I decided to begin a picture during a phone conversation, just to see where the brush strokes take me. The result is below. I like it very much. I showed it to my neighbor/friend and talked about it with her. Thank you Caryn. The more I look into this piece, the more it tells me about myself and how I am feeling. "Wow!"

How Low?.....Hollow.....Howl "Oh!".....Hallow.....Hello