I never tell people that I'm artistic. When they ask me what my hobbies are, I never list "art" or "drawing" or "painting" or "doodling" as one of them. I suppose this is because, in my head, for one to be a hobbyist, it is implied that they have some level of skill in their choosen hobby. I don't even begin to kid myself into thinking that I have a lot of skill as an artist. There are five year olds that can draw circles around me.

But, even with the knowledge that I am a poor artist, I will still sit down and doodle. And I will create something like this:



And although, my drawings aren't always the most relaxing of imagined creatures, creating them always seems to calm me.