On bringing doodle art to religious and spiritual realms

Doodle art is made up of spontaneous sketches that are often drawn without thinking too much about them. These drawings can be abstract patterns or simple stick figures with lines and doodles around them. Research shows that adding decorations and balance to doodles can turn simple scribbles into detailed and expressive art. It's believed that anyone can begin doodling easily, using it as a way to express creativity, meditate, or relax. Doodle art includes sketches that are drawn without a specific plan, often in a free-form style. These can range from abstract designs to stick figures surrounded by doodles and line patterns. Studies have shown that when doodles are decorated and balanced, they can change casual scribbles into complex and expressive pieces of art. It's said that anyone can start doodling without difficulty, using it for creative expression and meditation with a feel for mind's journey from unconscious to conscious to sub-consciousness along with improving attentiveness.

Kishore & Kishore (2025) [1] explore blending of the Bhagavad Gita inspired Iconography  with Doodling Decoration as a meditative and detached emotional or art-integrated  Bhakti alternative. Religious and spiritual icon artwork consists of sacred images, line drawing of religious symbols, text word clouds, mandalas, yantras, calligraphy, clouds figures or events that serve as a focus for prayer, meditation, contemplation, visual focus, concentration and veneration. However, creating such symbolic line drawing with tribal and folk ways of depictions helps  n enhancement of attentiveness. With doodled filled and pattern decorated icons, art work leads to new dimension of devotion that is meditative and contemplative.

Google (2026) [2] informs that Kishore strongly advocates for integrating doodle art and aesthetic education into foundational and alternative learning frameworks. His work bridges the gap between artistic expression and cognitive development, viewing doodling not as a distraction, but as a vital pedagogical tool. He believes that integrating sensory and art-based experiences into early childhood education fosters essential cognitive and emotional development. Further he promotes combining creative scribbling and systematic line drawing with technical disciplines to make abstract science and mathematical concepts more accessible to young learners. Emotional In alignment with his alternative pedagogy frameworks, he treats doodling as a reflective practice that allows individuals to project subconscious thoughts and relieve stress.

Google (2026) [3] says that Dr Kishore has show-cased  a collection of doodle art and sketch notes that often combine visual art with spiritual themes and haiku poetry. His work frequently integrates mindfulness and educational concepts, utilizing, for instance, sketched representations of Buddhism and Buddhist sites. As an example, the inset Buddha  doodles shows the Buddha minimal line drawing decorated with doodling and patterns filling (Kishore, n.d.) [4].

Google (2026) [5] informs that Kishore strongly advocates for integrating doodle art and aesthetic education into foundational and alternative learning frameworks. His work bridges the gap between artistic expression and cognitive development, viewing doodling not as a distraction, but as a vital pedagogical tool. He believes that integrating sensory and art-based experiences into early childhood education fosters essential cognitive and emotional development. Further he promotes combining creative scribbling and systematic line drawing with technical disciplines to make abstract science and mathematical concepts more accessible to young learners since it is in alignment with his alternative pedagogy frameworks. Hhe treats doodling as a reflective practice that allows individuals to project subconscious thoughts and relieve stress.

References

 [1] Kishore, L. & Kishore, N. (2025). Experimenting with the Bhagavad Gita Inspired Iconography with Doodling Decoration, Paper presented at the 10th International Gita Conference, Kurukshetrs, India

[2] Google. (2026, June 16). dr lalit kishore educator on doodle art [Generative AI prompt]. Gemini. g.co, https://www.google.com/search?q=dr+lalit+kishore+educator+on+doodle+art&sca_esv=

[3] Google. (2026, June 16). lalit kishore on buddha doole art on slideshare.net/lalitkishore5, [Generative AI prompt]. Gemini. g.co, https://www.google.com/search?q=lalit+kishore+on+buddha+doole+art+on+slideshare.net%2Flalitkishore5&sca_esv=

[4] Kishore, L. .(n.d.).The Buddha doodle art .slideshare.net/lalitkishore5  https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/the-buddha-doodle-art/62323356

[5] Google. (2026, June 16). dr lalit kishore educator on doodle art [Generative AI prompt]. Gemini. g.co, https://www.google.com/search?q=dr+lalit+kishore+educator+on+doodle+art&sca_esv=

In summary

Kishore (2026) finds that by integrating spontaneous, free-form doodle art into sacred practices, viewing it as a blend of artistic expression and meditative focus. By combining informal drawing with traditional symbolism, this practice acts as an aesthetic form of Bhakti (devotion) that enhances mindfulness, cognitive focus, and inner tranquility.

Reference

Kishore, L. (2026, June 16). On bringing doodle art to religious and spiritual realms. Lalit Culp. https://lalitculp.wixsite.com/website/blog/page/43