Being a
Kinesthetic Learner, I doodle all of the time. This doesn't mean that I am not paying attention or that my mind is somewhere else. In fact it means just the opposite. Tactile learners actually remember more content when they are allowed to doodle while listening to lectures. The above sketch is one that I did on the bottom part of the bulletin during a recent church service. Each part of the drawing reminds me of what the pastor was saying when I drew it. The fact that it is a dragon has nothing to do with what he was talking about during his sermon, it just served as a vehicle for the doodle. My undergrad and grad school notebooks are full of doodles in all of the margins. Now years later I can thumb through those notebooks and recall what the professor was saying through the doodles.
It is also transferred to my paintings. Whatever I am listening to is etched in my memory according to what I am creating. I have some paintings that remind me of the movies I was listening to when I painted them. Some have their own music playlists according to what I was listening to while creating that are private and only effect me, as the artists and creator.
The above dragon is only a simple example of how the kenesthetic learners mind works. The image and it's title are representative of a specific person, but I won't tell. Maybe it will end up in a future painting - who knows. So if you happen to see me (or anyone else) doodling away while in church or at a lecture...please don't judge, it's a special way of learning.
