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Franz Kafka, Sylvia Plath And Kurt Vonnegut: Famous Authors Who Doodled

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First Posted: 02/02/11 11:02 AM ET Updated: 05/25/11 07:30 PM ET

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Everybody doodles. There's just something about an idle moment and a blank space on a page that invites a little design or two. Plus, there is some evidence that active doodlers are also active thinkers and imaginers. After all, John Keats doodled flowers in the margins of his manuscripts, and Leonardo DaVinci is famous for his love of doodling...Check out our gallery of doodles by famous authors, and let us know what (if anything) you think it tells us about them.

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Everybody doodles. There's just something about an idle moment and a blank space on a page that invites a little design or two. Plus, there is some evidence that active doodlers are also active thinke...
Everybody doodles. There's just something about an idle moment and a blank space on a page that invites a little design or two. Plus, there is some evidence that active doodlers are also active thinke...
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02:32 AM on 02/03/2011
But were Plath's kosher doodles?
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naschkatze
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06:38 PM on 02/02/2011
I love Sylvia, but her doodles are the most uninteresting. The rest are quite special.
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