About the Creator
I have been doodling since the tender age of four itself when I first held a drawing apparatus in my hand (a crayon’ that is). And in my first grade my mother was called aside at ‘Open House’ , which is when parents meet the teachers to be told about the academic progress of their children. The teacher showed her a drawing of mine, which was the rear side of a man (an inverted B) answering the call of nature. Well the teachers and my parents had a hearty laugh and that page was on the fridge door for quite some time until my grades and report cards showed up and it wasn’t funny anymore. I continued my art on urinal walls, etched on trees, in textbooks, newspapers, magazines, the costly encyclopedias, even on the bible and my father’s scientific journals. Never the less, my father always encouraged me in these ‘Outer’ curricular activities.
Again, my mother was called, in my first year of college as I had with the freedom of a ‘uniform- less’ life and the age of puberty, sketched a naked girl on my science journal, and got caught. My mother was devastated and angry and she shouted…..at the Headmaster for wasting her time and calling her all the way to see her son’s art. At that moment I was so proud to call myself her son.
One fine day during a boring lecture. My creation spoke to me. The Doodles began to talk.
to doodle or not to doodle?? questioning my purpose back then
Kindly write in your comments and if you enjoyed the strip, email the link to your friends and loved ones. And would be lovely if you could donate a piece of your mind through the comments. This will surely encourage me to make more of these doodle strips.
I’ve ALSO written many short stories and poems which I will post on this site – - Hope you enjoy them as I’ve enjoyed writing them.
I shall also use this site to talk to you about an Initiative that I am spearheading called ‘Doodle -For -A -Cause’…. It is centered around forming groups of artists helping society and less fortunate children by doodling…in other words, artists offering their art work for auctions, thus giving another.. more purposeful dimension to Art.
Cheers
Hans Albert Lewis
Reach out to me at
hans(dot)lewis(at the rate)gmail(dot)com
