OK, I am no artist! Not even close to an aspiring artist. But…I love to doodle. Doodling is a great way to open up the right brain and your creative energy. It helps stretch the mind, think with a different perspective and create something new. I think you’ll surprise yourself with what the brain can come up with when challenged.
Here is a great exercise that I do periodically to get the imaginative juices flowing. It’s a nice break from work and a great way to get that right brain nice and fit!
It’s so simple anyone can do it…no skill required! Here is how it goes….
1) Either create or find a simple, non-meaningful doodle (feel free to use the ones I’ve added below. Just print out this blog)
2) Write down 3 – 5 random objects
Here are some to get you going:
- airplane
- face
- flower
- house
- tool
- food
- animal
- tree
- robot
- alien
- computer
3) Doodle away. Create an airplane, a robot and a tree out of the doodle starter. No judgement, just draw. This is the one I did this morning. Notice how the two dots go from being part of a nose to windows on an airplane to two bugs going towards a flower? There are no rules and no restrictions to how you use the doodle. Like the imagination it’s limitless so enjoy the creative freedom. As Joseph Pearce once said, ” To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong”.
September’s Belly Laughing Challenge will be the doodle challenge so take the doodle strarters I created or make your own. Doodle away and then email us your work. The person with the most creative doodles will win a Starbucks gift card.
Dream big. Dream often. Let the doodles do the work! – Tamara
FYI – Kids love this too. Have each person take a doodle and start drawing. Pick a theme (train, bus, cake). Then surprise each other with your creations.
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I can’t concur more with this post. A number of research have established neuro exercises do have an affect on neuron growth but it should be pointed out that it is not the end all be all cure.