It is not very hard for us to remember the time we were caught in class for being "absent-minded." We tried denying it, but unfortunately the evidence lay in the scribbles on the white pages of our ruled notebook. Although looking back, we probably would’ve done it again as we recall writer Thomas Merton’s words — "art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time." And the remnants of finding and losing ourselves also make their way into what we create — doodles being one such window for expression.

Zentangling is a form of meditative doodling