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On a notebook on her coffee table, she wrote Cynthia Renee Ortiz, doodling hearts around her prospective married name.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

She says she turned to an empty notebook, and began word doodling — scrawling random words, going wherever her pen took her.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

A priest, noticing Pratt’s skillful doodling, bought him art supplies and showed him a collection of work by the Kiowa Five, a renowned group of early 20th-century painters who’d attended the school.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

From the moment she could pick up a pen, she was doodling over everything possible - from school textbooks to spare scraps of paper.

From BBC • Dec. 10, 2025

I start doodling on the inside cover of my book.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko