Wednesday, March 3rd 2010
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Posted by Richard Peacock on Wednesday 3rd of March 2010 at 10:27am
JESS3 / The State of The Internet from Jesse Thomas on Vimeo.
Posted by Richard Peacock on Wednesday 3rd of March 2010 at 10:27am
Some of us do it when we’re on the phone, some of us do it in meetings, some of us don’t do it all, and some of us can’t stop doing it.
Obviously I’m talking about doodling; that little creative pasttime that some of us can’t help but do. To celebrate the nation’s greatest doodles and doodlers you can now take part in National Doodle Day this Friday the 5th March.
National Doodle Day is all about putting pen to paper while raising money to help people affected by epilepsy and neurofibromatosis.
So what is a doodle?
Doodles may be shapes, patterns, drawings or scribbles – anything we produce in an idle moment while the focus of our attention is elsewhere. It’s amazing how creative we can be without even trying! Strangely, doodles seem to take shape of their own accord, as if they had a life of their own in a parallel world. So you may suddenly find a circled word transformed into a sun beaming down on a desert island, punctuation turned into arrows or flowers, or a lover’s name emerging bold as brass from a memo.
Why do people doodle?
Doodling has been defined as ‘to scribble or draw aimlessly, to play or improvise idly’. The word ‘play’ is interesting because we now know that play helps children deal with situations they find difficult. For example, playing ‘doctors and nurses’ can help a child cope with anxiety relating to illness.
When you are on automatic pilot and only half attending to what you are doing, you may find yourself thinking of something that has been at the back of your mind. Underlying preoccupations surface and, before you know it, take shape as doodles. Doodling maps the wandering of your mind as you plan a new venture, worry about money, or dream of a lover or holiday. At an …
Posted by Richard Peacock on Tuesday 2nd of March 2010 at 12:17pm
This Pedigree advert shot at 1000fps proves everything looks better in slow motion.
Posted by Ben Pawson on Friday 26th of February 2010 at 10:24am
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