{"id":1418,"date":"2025-08-23T21:05:41","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T04:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jimmysastra.com\/blog\/?p=1418"},"modified":"2025-09-10T06:43:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T13:43:06","slug":"vibe-doodling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jimmysastra.com\/blog\/vibe-doodling\/","title":{"rendered":"Vibe doodling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1080\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1920 \/ 1080;\" width=\"1920\" autoplay controls loop muted src=\"http:\/\/www.jimmysastra.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Vibe-Doodling-1080.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As a kid, I spent a lot of time doodling in my notebooks. I imagine myself scribbling away in class when I should have been taking notes. This may seem frivolous, but I recently made the connection between these squiggles and the <strong>Dutch notion of <em>niksen,<\/em> which translates to <em>doing nothing<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jimmysastra.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/doodles-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jimmysastra.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/doodles-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1486\" style=\"width:141px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jimmysastra.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/doodles-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.jimmysastra.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/doodles-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.jimmysastra.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/doodles-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/www.jimmysastra.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/doodles-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.jimmysastra.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/doodles-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s different from meditation, which is about actively concentrating to observe your mind. It\u2019s also not about distracting oneself with a TV show. Niksen is literally \u2026 <em>doing nothing<\/em>. It can be just sitting on a chair and gazing out the window. The idea is that by letting the mind wander and rest, it opens up space for new focus and fresh perspectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Doodling in my notebook turned into creating interactive web visuals once I learned to program. See some online doodles I made <a href=\"https:\/\/jimmysastra.com\/doodles\/processing\/circles.html\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/jimmysastra.com\/processing\/circles.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/jimmysastra.com\/doodles\/processing\/walker\/walker.html\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/jimmysastra.com\/processing\/walker\/walker.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jimmysastra.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/circle-study-01.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" data-id=\"1218\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jimmysastra.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/circle-study-01-1024x575.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jimmysastra.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/circle-study-01-1024x575.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.jimmysastra.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/circle-study-01-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/www.jimmysastra.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/circle-study-01.png 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jimmysastra.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/circles.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"1488\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jimmysastra.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/circles-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jimmysastra.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/circles-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.jimmysastra.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/circles-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jimmysastra.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/circles-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jimmysastra.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/circles.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">I loved the slow, meditative process of iteratively refining these. Add a little color here, reduce the width of an outline there, or tune the speed of an object relative to the cursor position. Freely, without a clear goal or outside pressure. Back then, coding intermittently required me to open another browser tab to read through documentation or search for just the right tutorial. This would take me out of flow state. Arguably, <em>not<\/em> letting my mind rest. The whole point of niksen.<br><br>Today, with AI copilots, I can create even more capable web doodles with much less effort like <a href=\"https:\/\/jimmysastra.com\/doodles\/rotating-pixels\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/jimmysastra.com\/doodles\/rotating-pixels\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">this one I call Rotating Pixels<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jimmysastra.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/rotating-pixels-cropped.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"741\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jimmysastra.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/rotating-pixels-cropped-1024x741.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jimmysastra.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/rotating-pixels-cropped-1024x741.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.jimmysastra.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/rotating-pixels-cropped-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jimmysastra.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/rotating-pixels-cropped-768x556.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jimmysastra.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/rotating-pixels-cropped-1536x1112.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.jimmysastra.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/rotating-pixels-cropped.jpg 2004w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cVibe coding\u201d lets me stay in the code. There is almost no need to switch back and forth between my editor to code and the browser to look up documentation. It feels more like how I felt when I doodled in my paper notebook. The process is lighter, freer, and closer to <em>niksen<\/em>. I call it &#8220;vibe doodling&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Give your mind a mini-break. <strong>Try <em>niksen<\/em> by <em>vibe doodling<\/em>.<\/strong> It\u2019s good for you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a kid, I spent a lot of time doodling in my notebooks. I imagine myself scribbling away in class when I should have been taking notes. This may seem frivolous, but I recently made the connection between these squiggles and the Dutch notion of niksen, which translates to doing nothing. It\u2019s different from meditation, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artwork"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jimmysastra.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jimmysastra.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jimmysastra.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jimmysastra.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jimmysastra.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1418"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/www.jimmysastra.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1545,"href":"https:\/\/www.jimmysastra.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1418\/revisions\/1545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jimmysastra.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jimmysastra.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jimmysastra.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}