Ladders can be symbols of tension and precarious balance. Numbers and dollar signs - not much surprise here - indicate a preoccupation with money. If you find yourself doodling pictures of houses, you probably place a high value on shelter and security, he says. Very narrow trees with leafless branches often appear in the drawings of the frail elderly, indicating that their spirit, their will to live, is dying." A full, leafy tree with a wide trunk suggests someone who is vital, energetic, with a strong will to live. But Burns and others who work in the art therapy field say that the shapes and symbols we draw can reveal a lot about our state of mind. "Even the most innocent doodle may carry messages from the unconscious," says Burns.įrankly, looking at the flowers and vines that cover my own paperwork, I have to admit that I have my doubts. Burns has devoted his career to understanding the meaning of drawings and doodles and uses them to diagnose emotional problems and understand the dynamics of troubled families. Burns, who directs the Seattle Institute of Human Development, a private research and education foundation. But the pictures we draw when our minds are elsewhere are far from mindless scribblings, says psychologist Robert C. If you're sitting through a boring lecture, doodling's not a bad way to pass the time. Why this urge to scribble? Nervous energy may be the simplest reason. Among the over-65 set, six out of 10 people admit to the habit. According to a 1988 survey by the pen makers Faber/Castell (folks with a vested interest, to be sure), nine out of 10 people between the ages of 18 and 34 are regular doodlers. Strange hieroglyphics march over my notebook pages. Bizarre flowers bloom across my telephone message slips.
Give me a pencil, some white space, and I'm doodling. No scrap of paper or empty margin is safe.
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