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HOW DO YOU DOODLE? Interpret your drawings..

Doodles aren’t just for “Artists”. Even those who consider
themselves not to have a creative bone in their body seem
to scribble with whatever’s at hand while they’re on the
phone, in meetings or in lessons.
Despite what your teacher told you, it is thought that
doodling can actually help concentration and aid
memory. Doodling is also said to be a good way access
your subconscious.
A particular style of doodle trending now is the so
called “Zentangle”. An entangled, organically composed
doodle created in a moment of Zen. A few minutes of
zoned out relaxation
I created a “Zentangle Challenge” on Facebook and
invited people to create and post Zentangles. Pictures
were posted from all sorts of people – adults and
children, professional Artists and people who consider
themselves not to be “arty at all”. Just for fun, I said I’d
share some common interpretations of popular patterns
& pictures that appear in people’s doodles.
Boxes, Cubes & Geometrics: People who place lots of
neat, strait geometric shapes in their doodles are often
people who like or need lots of neatness & order in their
lives. It might represent a need for control, wanting
things to be done in a certain way. Do you draw
geometrics and boxes? Does your home have a very spe-
cific place for everything and everything in its place?
How would you feel if your ornaments were rearranged?
Someone put something in the wrong cupboard? Or your
schedule was interrupted? Or do you think your precise
doodles represent the ordered life you wish you had but