Notes and Doodles
Notes #1: Doodles on Greek Mythology Notes
These are notes about the assignment requirements needed for a Greek Mythology research paper, as well as potential themes. The doodles within this writing represent the author’s straying thoughts as they draw different forms and faces of women, a few flowers, as well as some nondescript geometric shapes. This can be an example for how doodling aids in the creative process in giving the brain a moment’s distraction to consider the material.
Notes #2: Doodle on Archeology Notes
These are notes about the assignment requirements needed for a Greek Mythology research paper, as well as potential themes. The doodles within this writing represent the author’s straying thoughts as they draw different forms and faces of women, a few flowers, as well as some nondescript geometric shapes. This can be an example for how doodling aids in the creative process in giving the brain a moment’s distraction to consider the material.
Notes #3: Doodle on Social Media Notes
There are notes taken during a social media presentation. In these notes, the author has included a simple recurring drawing of flowers and polka dots. This is a mindless drawing in it’s repetition, and probably served as a distraction during a spare moment. This is an example of how fickle attention and focus can be.
Notes #4: Doodle on Science Notes
These are notes taken from a microbiology textbook, specifically upon infections of the skin. It is clear that the author takes special interest in making the notes aesthetically pleasing in using cursive, title banners, and colored highlighters. A doodle is drawn in the top-right section of the notes creating a simplified version of how ring-worm presents beneath the skin. In these notes, a doodle facilitates the processing of information by including a visual representation of the material.
Notes #5: Doodle on Math Notes
These are math notes taken during a lecture upon three-variable truth tables. At a certain point in the class, the author has stopped filling in the information and has left a diagram unfinished. The doodle is evidence of the author’s mind wandering, as their attention is taken over by the drawing. The doodle itself seems to be some kind of creature with a football head and cones for arms. Although the drawing has little to do with liberal arts mathematics, it is indicative of the author’s mounting disinterest in the topic. The abstraction of the creature also supports the idea that doodling is a positive creative outlet. The informal occasion reduces the pressure of creating any specific kind of art