Doodles

In class

When my teacher’s voice was distant

I ceased writing words

on my notebook,

and drew instead

lines

and curves

and boxes and circles

that created a form unknown.

“What’s that?”

My seat mate asked.

I shrugged

I didn’t know either.

I added some more lines

placed it on top of the circle

connected this tip to that tip.

I created a man

and it looked awkward and weird.

My seat mate whispered

“That’s weird.”

And so I polished his face

added little more lines

a slight curve

a few boxes and circles

on his body

on his clothes

and my seat mate said

“Well, that’s better.”

I said thanks

And went back to listen to my teacher

and took down notes.

Psycho-Analytic Theory:

Everything a person does can be explained was said to be explained by Psychology. A person may even my analyzed using his or her doodles and scribbles. The first doodle of the speaker in the poem symbolize the id or the unconscious. The seat mate didn’t understand the form of the drawing as well as the illustrator. Because the form was not recognized (or was unacceptable), the “doodler” improved the form and already consciously shaped it into a man which looked awkward and weird. This stage of the drawing is the ego– consciously-shaped and but still has a distinction from the common idea of man. This symbolize the individual. The super-ego stage was the polishing of the appearance of the drawing. Society’s influence on a person was represented by the seat mate who was only contented when there was already nothing wrong with the picture.