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Telephone doodles are extremely revealing.
When I talk on the phone at work, my frenetic hand starts to sketch on whatever piece of paper I have around. It is quite inadvertent, not something I consciously plan to do. It just happens. What comes out depends on the tone or complexity of the conversation. When the call is over, I am suddenly aware that I have a visual record of what was discussed.
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Doodling might of had something do to with what was written on my report cards..."Diane is a dreamer."
They were wrong about that. Drawing helps me think!
When I worked for the phone company, one of my bosses once told me that I had to stop drawing during meetings because I appeared to be bored with what was going on. I wasn't even aware that I was doodling all over my pad.
I scribble words, numbers, symbolic shapes (such as arrows), and sometimes I repeat them. It's like graffiti on paper.
I don't consider myself particularly obsessive, but this is definitely an automatic response that is hot wired in the belfry. Could be worse, could be bats.
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