More doodling

My paint brushes

‘We have been raised to fear the yes, within ourselves….’ Audre Lorde

Budapest doll

Some of my doodles go on to become the inspiration and basis of more time consuming drawings, like for instance, the one on the back of this old postcard of Budapest. It evolved into a drawing – posted in the artwork part of this site. It usually depends on time, for I create many more ‘doodle pieces’ than I can ever possibly transform into something else. Book and magazine pages, shopping receipts and bags, shopping lists, covers of old books, cards, even paper napkins, can all potentially become the canvases for my doodles.

I mostly listened to Cat Stevens during my early adolescence and then in my twenties. Therefore, I am mostly acquainted with his older songs, but more recently, I heard a more recent song.

Part of the lyrics:

Cat’s in a cage; Tied to a stone; Empty bowl by his side; Just an old fish bone; Dreams of home

There was a time; A long way back; When I would fall ; For any dog trap; About to learn; About to learn

I cannot know for sure what Cat Stevens had in mind when he wrote these lyrics, but it doesn’t really matter, for after all, art can take on new meaning each time it is experienced.