I Drew A Thing

Unconscious Doodle Art
@Plethos (13581)
United States
August 24, 2017 5:13pm CST
One day while I was at starbucks sipping on a green tea and listening to youtube videos on my headphones, I started to just scribble meaningless lines and shapes onto a napkin. The weird thing is that I didn't intend to purposely do it, it just happened. Apparently I was in the zone, with a determined look etched across my face. My GF was sitting next to me gawking over every once in a while and being amused as to my scribbles coming to some sort of fruition. She asked me what was going through my mind as I was gliding pen across napkin with a firm grip on the writing utensil. I blankly looked at her and said,"Nothing, I remember nothing. It just happened." This is not the first time i've done this sort of thing, I have noticed that it only occurs when i'm (presumably) lost in thought and happen to have a pen in my hand. Every scribble is unique, one of a kind. I think that deep in my brains' thoughts, theres an abstract presence thats trying to tell me something. What it is, who knows? Could it be- An extraterrestrial cryptic message from beyond the milky way? Am I possessed by a samoan tattoo artist using me as its vessel? Is my inner conscious just playing with me? What meaning is my doodling trying to convene to me!? Is this even a kind of art? Oh well, maybe it's better if I don't understand. For now i'll just enjoy the abstract drawing. Maybe I should frame it just to mess with people. Photograph, Taken/Owned by me, Plethos
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16 responses
• United States
25 Aug 17
The doodling looks really nice :) And on a fancy napkin that is 100% recycled :P
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@Plethos (13581)
• United States
25 Aug 17
ooh, i created recycled art ! . . . of sorts, i guess.
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• United States
25 Aug 17
@Plethos one of a kind ! :)
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@Plethos (13581)
• United States
31 Aug 17
@infatuatedbby - unless i photocopy it ! bwahahahahahahahaha ill flood the market with numerous copies ! ! !
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@tammys85 (30131)
• Baltimore, Maryland
11 Sep 17
It looks cool. I think you just got into your zone and that was the result.
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@tammys85 (30131)
• Baltimore, Maryland
8 Oct 17
@Plethos Lol, no blame necessary, you could've been doing worse than drawing. I've been alright, thanks. Going to Raw on Oct. 30th, but really nothing else out of the ordinary. You?
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@Plethos (13581)
• United States
6 Oct 17
or maybe ive seen too much wrasslin". . . nah ! i blame the pen, if it didnt have ink, it never wouldve happened ! so, how you been?
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@much2say (55901)
• Los Angeles, California
25 Aug 17
Cool ! I could almost go through it like a maze - a labyrinth!
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@much2say (55901)
• Los Angeles, California
27 Aug 17
@Plethos Oh- just watch out for that Theseus guy!
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@Plethos (13581)
• United States
25 Aug 17
ooh, maybe i was in a minotaur state of mind drawing his lair, a map !
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• United States
25 Aug 17
Hey this is cool, really good! Yes I believe you were channeling something..it shows and I love it!! Thanks for sharing this with us.
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• United States
31 Aug 17
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@Plethos (13581)
• United States
31 Aug 17
my third eye must be an artist.
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@just4him (317249)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
25 Aug 17
I think you did a good job doodling. Sometimes you just need to let your thoughts go mute and let your mind take over.
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@just4him (317249)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
25 Aug 17
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@Plethos (13581)
• United States
25 Aug 17
lol, my thoughts do go mute a lot, thats for sure.
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2 Sep 17
I kinda like it. It makes me think of a zetangle pattern, only more interesting and original.
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@DaddyEvil (137461)
• United States
9 Nov 17
@Plethos (13581)
• United States
7 Sep 17
zetangle , new "word of the day" for me.
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@shaggin (72183)
• United States
28 Dec 17
Pretty neat doodle. It almost looks like leopard print.
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@Plethos (13581)
• United States
28 Dec 17
Maybe the inner pimp in me drew it. omg! My pimp hand is artistic! Its a sketch hand!
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@crossbones27 (49703)
• Mojave, California
25 Aug 17
This is a neat post. That is a cool abstract thing you drew there. I think I am partial to the alien one and they could have secretly possessed your body and mind to bring the message that man can live like brothers or die like beasts. A pretty cool quote I saw the other day. See, message is already working.
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• Mojave, California
25 Aug 17
@Plethos Need one hell of a priest for that one.
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@Plethos (13581)
• United States
31 Aug 17
@crossbones27 - yeah, someone like a star lord type of person.
@Plethos (13581)
• United States
25 Aug 17
ooh, i wonder if an intergalactic excorcism can be done?
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• Preston, England
8 Oct 17
automatic writing and doodling is quite common - some spiritualists try to derive supernatural aspects from it but it is just a natural tendency we all have
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• Preston, England
28 Dec 17
@Plethos I'm one with 'a' universe, just not sure if it is this one
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@Plethos (13581)
• United States
28 Dec 17
im either one with the universe or lost in the crowded universe.
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@DaddyEvil (137461)
• United States
6 Nov 17
It is interesting, at least, Plethos... It looks like you were drawing one of those start here and come out there type of puzzles... Have you tried to see if there is a pathway through your scribbles? Maybe there is a message written there and you just need to decipher it?
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@DaddyEvil (137461)
• United States
21 Mar 18
@Plethos I've already been here, Plethos! You need to do another drawing! (Maybe show a few of the bodies you left laying around... )
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@Plethos (13581)
• United States
21 Mar 18
@DaddyEvil - ive been seeing a lot of bob ross lately on youtube. looks easy to follow but i dont know.
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@Plethos (13581)
• United States
28 Dec 17
Whuuuuu ? isnt that the basis for a psychological horror type of movie ?
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@Poppylicious (11133)
25 Aug 17
It appears to be a cave drawing, showing the chaotic battle that occurred one stormy night betwixt little humans and giant dragons. Doodling is a useful habit. I doodle because it helps me to focus when people are talking.And because it also helps me switch off and ignore what's going on. As long as I know which doodling I need to be doing, all is well!
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@Plethos (13581)
• United States
31 Aug 17
maybe im just a day dreamer or one of them persons that has the attention problem.
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31 Aug 17
@Plethos Doodling is a useful tool for the daydreams and the ADHD. We should be encouraging those of that mindset to doodle. :)
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@Plethos (13581)
• United States
1 Sep 17
@Poppylicious - i wonder if todays kids use a pen or pencil as much as they do the keyboard on the tablet, phone, and other electronic devices.
@Kandae11 (55131)
24 Aug 17
I love it.
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@Plethos (13581)
• United States
25 Aug 17
thank you !
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• United States
11 Feb 18
This is awesome! I do abstract art and when i create I don't have anything in mind, I just let my eyes and hands take over.
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@Plethos (13581)
• United States
12 Feb 18
Its the kind of "thing" to where you dont know if you actually did it, or if maybe the pen/pencil had a momentary conscious of its own.
• Aberdeen, North Carolina
2 Feb 18
How pretty! In psychology, that is called flow. Basically you were just "in the zone" and that happened to be doodling.
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@Plethos (13581)
• United States
2 Feb 18
So all along i was right saying i was in the flow. Validation! F**K YEAH !
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• Aberdeen, North Carolina
3 Feb 18
@Plethos yeah you were!
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@artauxeo (287)
• Philippines
26 Aug 17
This meditative type of drawing..... you can make something out of it. You can wish something while doing this process of doodling and be granted with it. . I'll tell you how if you are interested. ^__--
@Plethos (13581)
• United States
31 Aug 17
i know i was thinking of nothing, so it must mean my skull is hollow.
@Daelii (5619)
• United States
9 Nov 17
That is so neat!I tend to doodle when I have pen and paper in hand. I remember doing it though!
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@Plethos (13581)
• United States
28 Dec 17
now im beginning to wonder if i have a short attention span.