(Actually they were very supportive.) I ended up cutting up all of my doodles (something I do) and creating a ‘living collage’ on the wall. I was on a residency looking at my ‘doodles’ questioning their legitimacy and my own legitimacy in the art world. It was my own secret language, discovered while allowing myself to become absent of my anxious mind. I used whatever pen was available and whatever paper I had and just let go. That is where a lot of doodling happened for me. I was distracting myself from the chaos outside my door.

If anyone knows Midsomer Murders, Vera, Shetland, Morse, Inspector Lewis, Poirot, Miss Marple… you know. How many of you doodle while on the phone? My mom, who swears she doesn’t have an artistic bone in her body used to create beautiful doodles when talking for long periods of time.Įarly in the pandemic, I spent a lot of time in bed binge-watching British Murder Mysteries.

It’s also a free online meeting scheduling tool. To doodle is to scribble or create a rough drawing absentmindedly. “My Pandemic Story” by Kristine Schomaker The Art of the Doodle

Doodle art means