Doodles for Charity

Sometime last year, I decided to go back to doodling. It's not something I have much time for as I write as a profession and when I'm not doing that, I'm busy raising two monkeys.

It began as a form of expression and relaxation. A therapeutic balm to long days of being on my feet and multi-tasking. But over time, I was invited to an online doodling network where I found opportunities through an artistic, self-styled philanthropist, to donate my doodles as healing art for terminally ill children around the world.

Here are some of the doodles, ranging from personal expressions to the ones for the kids.

For Joshua who suffered a relapse in Lymphoma

For Spencer with Congenital Muscular Dystrophy

For the orphans at Rumah Harapan (House of Hope)

For Keisha in the USA who has Muscular Dystrophy

For Victor, with Leukemia and Bone Cancer

For little 5 year old Jack-Jack with the Genetic Syndromes -
Kat6A and FG syndromes - plus Dyskeratosis Congenita

For little Neo who has Leukemia

For the kids at the Ewin Sarcoma Ward in Dallas

 Here are some personal doodles under my collection of 'Animals with Something to Say'.

The consumerist snake

The naive zebra

The perceptive camel

The sentimental snail

The self-assured praying mantis

The sagely cat

The blue-collar vulture

"Some days are a little...off, but we gotta keep playing."

"We're all a little strange, but true friends stick together."

"When we look deep into the eyes of our enemies,
we may find...ourselves."

"When we stop hiding and, instead, face our
challenges, we may find that we're not alone."

"Honesty is nutrition for the soul."