Cooking is an art form and an expression of love. I enjoy cooking, though I rarely follow recipes - sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t.
Earlier this morning, for my daily doodle, I took my new Tombow Brush Pens and randomly drew some lines. It’s a quick way to practice composition skills - just focus on doodling each new random line so it ‘makes sense’ against the previous doodled lines. I only doodled a few lines - and told myself I would finish it later.
Earlier this evening, I was preparing Salmon, Rice and String Beans for dinner and pulled out My Daily Doodle Book so I could add some more random lines, when suddenly - Lochlan (my 10 year old son) walks in and pulls out the flour, eggs, rolling pin and reminds me that he wanted to make fresh pasta - from scratch.
And there he goes - next thing you know, he’s rolling out thin layers of dough -asking me what he should use to make Ziti. I begged him to stick with fettucini, like last time - it’s easier. He stares into space for a few minutes - thinking through his options, gets up - runs out of the kitchen and returns a few minutes later with one of his drumsticks (yes, he likes drums). A few minutes later, he’s wrapping pieces of dough around the drum stick and building an array of fresh ziti.
He truly thinks through a problem and creates solutions that don’t follow any sort of recipe - it’s a joy to watch him figure stuff like this out. I am not necessarily saying he has this in him because of years of doodling - but when we draw together, I am always telling him to draw what he sees. Drawing what you see - helps you be more aware of your surroundings - which helps you figure out how to get through obstacles in life -like how to use a drumstick to make ziti.
