Noodled by Doodling

I'm eager to research neurographica more fully and put into words what I learn, but right now I'm way too busy creating neurographica to research neurographica. I confess I am thoroughly noodled by doodling at the moment, totally hooked by the calming effects of rounding corners and the intriguing challenges of working within the given parameters of the form—no room in my brain for anything else.

In my first foray into this art form, I used markers for the color element. In today's exploration, colored pencils.

I Wander for the Sake of Wandering
4.5 x 6"; ink and colored pencil on drawing paper
abstract
2022

Scrappy

The word scrappy floated up in a hypnagogic moment of partial wakefulness during the night. It popped into my field of attention a second time in the light of day. 

scrappy • made of scraps; consisting of odds and ends; composed of disorganized, untidy, or incomplete parts; disconnected, disjointed

scrappy • having a determined spirit; feisty; exhibiting firmness of purpose and energetic pursuit of results; manifesting moxie or demonstrating grit; stepping into the arena

YES!

Look Around at the Terrain of Possibility
3.75 x 5.5" postcard, acrylic, collage, and oil pastel
on card stock
abstract
2022

He Sees a Bug

He sees a bug 

that is smaller than a period 

on a page. 

He sees the sky, 

bigger than all that's in his head. 

An overwhelm 

from two different directions, 

vast and tiny, 

together.

     —Lauren Groff, Arcadia

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This pint-sized postcard is nothing I could have envisioned before walking into my studio—and yet it is exactly what I sought.

Aim the Flashlight of Awareness on Your Own Interior
3.5 x 5.5" postcard; acrylic, collage, and oil pastel 
on card stock
abstract
2022