TANGLE DOODLES
Higher Purpose of Doodling - CBS News
Power of the Doodle - Wall Street Journal
Doodling Helps You Pay Attention: Time Magazine
Science and Doodling - Excerpt from Science Magazine
Just doodle It - WNPR with local radio host John Dankosky
“The art of drawing which is of more real importance to the human race than that of writing should be taught to every child just as writing is,” - John Ruskin
BIG IDEA: Doodling with intent and an easy to learn technique of creating beautiful images and repetitive patterns. Doodling creates active meditation, relaxation and focus. It's amazing how much your brain can absorb while you doodle.
Benefits of tangles are:
With making tangles no eraser is needed! Just as in life, we cannot erase events and mistakes, instead we must build upon them and make improvements from any event. Life is a building process.
Tangles Ideas: Fill in a letter or a word, trace your hand, make a face, create a mandala, make an animal, use symbols, horoscope, add photos, make a trading card, make a friend tangle, use while journaling - add words, collage, draw in your sneakers or a bag.
OP-ART ARTISTS & SURREALISTS:
Joan Miro
Victor Vassarely
Op-art History and more artists
Doodle artist: Keith Haring
SCIENCE CONNECTIONS:
Scientists throughout history have used drawings, diagrams, and other kinds of visual aids to comprehend and explain scientific phenomena. And given that people are more apt to remember something if they write it down, it makes sense that drawing further stimulates the brain's ability to recall information. - Liz Dwyer, Good Magazine
Benefits of tangles are:
- Handwriting and eye/hand coordination
- Creativity, personal expression, inspiration
- Problem solving and building new ideas
- Improving self esteem, releasing stress, anger
- Cross cultural understanding: Indian Henna patterns, Celtic knotting, Zuni pottery, Maori tattoos, Islamic tiling
With making tangles no eraser is needed! Just as in life, we cannot erase events and mistakes, instead we must build upon them and make improvements from any event. Life is a building process.
Tangles Ideas: Fill in a letter or a word, trace your hand, make a face, create a mandala, make an animal, use symbols, horoscope, add photos, make a trading card, make a friend tangle, use while journaling - add words, collage, draw in your sneakers or a bag.
OP-ART ARTISTS & SURREALISTS:
Joan Miro
Victor Vassarely
Op-art History and more artists
Doodle artist: Keith Haring
SCIENCE CONNECTIONS:
Scientists throughout history have used drawings, diagrams, and other kinds of visual aids to comprehend and explain scientific phenomena. And given that people are more apt to remember something if they write it down, it makes sense that drawing further stimulates the brain's ability to recall information. - Liz Dwyer, Good Magazine