LOCKDOWN DOODLES 2020

One of the now-accepted methods of reducing stress,anxiety and other mental disorders is to doodle. This arttherapy method requires no training or special skill. Everyone cando it; indeed, we all doodled as youngsters. It requires little morethan drawing a bundle of lines on a piece of paper with a penciland then developing it by making changes that start to give it anappearance that looks more artistic. One can start with a subjecton the mind before trying to commit to paper. One becomesimmersed in the process as it develops thereby taking the mindoff a worrying mode. Many become very absorbed in this activity,and that s when it really becomes strong therapy. The author hasstrong bipolar disorder; doodling has greatly helped in relievingthe downs, and this is especially true when in 2020 the Covid-19pandemic made the depressed state even worse. The productionof doodles during the lockdown years was surprisingly high withan average of a new one every second or third day. The authorhopes readers will like the doodles and attempt to draw somethemselves when feeling down.