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The Secret Powers of Doodling

Doodling is often dismissed as a distraction, but we hear from a woman who argues that those subconscious scribbles many of us do may be a path to a more productive life.  Doodle while you listen and share your master pieces with us by tweeting photos with the hashtag  Doodleoftheday ...
Doodling is often dismissed as a distraction, but we hear from a woman who argues that those subconscious scribbles many of us do may be a path to a more productive life. 

Doodle while you listen and share your master pieces with us by tweeting photos with the hashtag  Doodleoftheday

 It doesn't take much to succumb to the doodle itch.A wandering mind and a black pen can fill a blank sheet in less time than it takes to wind up a class or a boring meeting.

We speak with a doodling expert who says doodles have been dismissed as a mere distraction for far too long

Sunni Brown is the Info-Doodler in Chief of the consulting firm, SB Ink. She's also the author of the new book, " The Doodle Revolution: Unlock the Power to Think Differently." Sunni Brown is in Austin, Texas.

So, go grab a marker and a piece of paper.  As you listen -- please, doodle the paper BLACK. Or blue depending on your ink. And when you're done, Tweet us a picture of it using the hashtag DoodleOfTheDay..

We asked some of our CBC colleagues in CBC radio to share their doodling talents with us.

Here is the art of Michelle Parise the executive producer of CBC's Spark

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And here are the beautiful doodles of CBC radio personality Kevin Sylvester

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This segment was produced by The Current's Shannon Higgins and Alexandra Huffman