Gary Cooper on Doodling
By: Joshua Glenn | Categories: Codebreaking, Read-outs

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Here’s a postscript to Matthew Battles’ terrific meditation on doodling. In this scene, Gary Cooper gives us all permission to doodle and otherwise be “pixillated” — another word that features importantly in Mr. Deeds Goes to Town.

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About the author: Joshua Glenn

Joshua Glenn is coeditor of Hilobrow.com, and co-curator of Significant Objects. His books: Taking Things Seriously (2007) and The Idler's Glossary (2008). In the '90s, he published the zine/journal Hermenaut.

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2 Comments to “Gary Cooper on Doodling”

  1. Matthew Battles says:

    “A funny name we made up back home…” this is terrific. Another gem from Glenn’s card catalogue of the twentieth century!

  2. Joshua Glenn says:

    More like his Crazy Mixed-Up Files.

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