Reflections Part 1: Doodling
Like most of the world right now we are home trying to stay busy, keeping our minds active and our bodies. It's also a time for reflection. I started doodling in early 2011, because of an inner need to create. I had been doing collage but with work, the commute and a partner that filled my weekends with going and doing I had no time for my art. So the idea came to me to start a drawing journal. But my drawings turned to doodles and quickly escalated. Here's where the obsessive part comes in. I found very quickly I could doodle any time any where. Lunch break, sitting in stopped commuter traffic, while watching TV, even at the beach with family. So I carried several journals, by my chair, in the car and I always had one with me. I realized I got lost in doodling. For me it was very intuitive, no plan, no direction. But I also realized I was doing something that came easy for me, without much thought. I began to f...