Table of Contents

Introduction Chapter One The career of the scribble The doodle and beyond Early automatic drawing Automatism, the Unconscious and Modern Art Meta-doodles and other elaborations References Acknowledgements Photo Acknowledgements Index

About the Author

David Maclagan is a retired university lecturer and art therapist. based in Yorkshire. He has published numerous articles on Outsider art, art therapy and image-based psychology, and is the author of Creation Myths: Man's Introduction to the World (1977), and Psychological Aesthetics: Painting, Feeling and Making Sense (2001) and Outsider Art (Reaktion, 2009).

Reviews

Like the humble doodle, this slim volume belies the profundity to be found within. Richly illustrated, this work can be enjoyed as much for its visual enchantments as for its insights on the creative self.
*Fortean Times*

Maclagan . . . constructs a carefully organized journey through what he calls marginal forms of drawing, i.e. the scribble, the doodle, automatic drawing, automatism, and elaborations on these forms . . . of particular value is Maclagans recognition of the markets impact on the character of a drawing if the drawing is undertaken initially with the aim of generating a sale. A valuable final chapter and conclusion address the impact of the computer. Recommended.
*Choice*