It seems everyone’s talking about doodles at the moment! So I was delighted when James Hazell invited me onto his show on BBC Radio Suffolk this afternoon, and we had an interesting dialogue about doodling.
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Let’s be clear about this: Doodles are simple, uncontrived drawings. They are rarely works of art. But what makes them so special is that we do them on auto-pilot – when we’re busy thinking about something else – when we’re on the phone, or in a meeting – that sort of thing.
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So, what we’re getting is uninhibited expression, ‘live and direct’, from the subconscious. Doodles are basically repressed emotions, so they’re like little maps that guide us in the exploration of people’s psyches. They tend to be either recognisable images, or nonsensical drawings, or, more commonly, universal shapes. And if you can unpick and interpret the symbols, well then you are getting inside someone’s head, and potentially revealing some secrets!
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This is the collection of doodles from the staff at Radio Suffolk: click here > and you can listen to the conversation and my interpretations here > Tracey Trussell – BBC Radio Suffolk conversation with James Hazell
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Then Hits Radio (Manchester) also invited me to talk about doodles and doodling. Who knew that Gethin Jones is a serial-doodler? You can listen to our conversation here, and find out what Gethin’s doodles say about him > Tracey Trussell – Hits Radio Interview with Gethin Jones