Doodling

So I managed to discover a new way to waste time on the internet and hurt my eyes at the same time.. it's Kaleidoscope Painter http://www.permadi.com/java/spaint/spaint.html . Actually, this is a link on my bro's blog, and it reminded me when we were kids and used to have those cylinder things which you turn round and see the colourful forms shaping. Maybe what I like best is the part that says this applet "makes it easy for anyone to be a painter" (which makes me wonder too: when will the mouse substitute the painter's brush?) Of course I liked that basically because I can't draw properly and I used to hate drawing lessons at school since I couldn't produce a decent drawing.

The closest I can get to this art is doodling, and do you know what I love to doodle? not stars, not hearts, not complicated geometrical shapes.. but houses. Small houses with doors and windows and, oddly enough, chimneys and smoke coming out of them. It's odd because the style of the houses I always doodle looks very similar to houses here and nothing like houses in Egypt. I have no idea how it turned out that way. But I would love to know what does this say about my personality, you know, since some people believe that what one doodles reflects an aspect of one's character. So.. I was in Cairo, I have been doodling English-like houses for years, and now I am in London.. hmmm, interesting.. sounds like a plan :)

So this is it guys, this is my advice to you: doodle your way to your dreams :)

P.S.
checking my dictionary, I found that 'kaleidoscope' originally comes from the Greek word 'kalos+eidos' meaning 'observer of beautiful forms', while 'doodle' comes from the 17th century German word 'dudel- in dudeltopf' meaning 'fool' [I know what you're thinking :)]

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