Remember the adult colouring book craze? When we are colouring patterns, we are tapping into the same zone as doodling: purposeful distraction. It’s not necessarily the mindless activity we think it is! When done purposefully, doodling can be soothing, calming, or even stimulating and thought-provoking. However, doodling can also be a form of escape. You may be surprised to know that psychologists have studied doodling quite extensively. Many of us doodle absentmindedly. This opens an interesting door: What if doodling represents some part of our inner world? When our guard is down, do our hands speak the language of our subconscious mind?
Whether it’s actual drawings, scribbles, or geometric shapes, we tend to doodle automatically, or when we are preoccupied or distracted. The many cognitive and mental health benefits of doodlingĭoodling is a form of self-expression that often emerges from our subconscious mind. In fact, Art therapists have known about the value of doodling for a long time.
That’s right, the seemingly random scribbles we leave on notebooks, napkins, tabletops, and walls might carry some meaning.
Whether your doodles are visually appealing, or just utter nonsense (like my own), all doodling has one thing in common: it emerges from our minds. However, there are so many surprising benefits to this thing we do absent-mindlessly and then never think about again. Well, I’m here to tell you that you may have been on to something!ĭoodling has always been considered a frivolous activity. Were you one of those kids who filled the margins of every notebook with scribbles and drawings? Who couldn’t leave a blank surface blank? And by surface, I’m including walls.
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