The Bizarre Creations Scrawled Upon the Walls of the Writing Center

If you've ever been to the Writing Center and have taken a look around the room, you may have noticed the wide variety of doodles, scribbles, and drawings scattered about the walls. During their less busy shifts, consultants will create their own unique additions to the ever-growing collection of whacky and wonderful art.

The main art form that I'd like to highlight in particular are the post-it notes. Instead of using post-it notes for their intended purpose (writing down notes), the consultants have instead opted for putting doodles on them. Post-it notes are very useful in this regard because there's no tape necessary and they stick to most surfaces! Most of them can be found on the glass wall beside the beaver desk, but there are many others placed around the room.

Here are the post-it notes that can be found by the beaver desk:

Among                              

                               Us?

General Mow Approaches

Monke.

The Council Will Decide Your Fate.

You may have noticed in these photos that some of the drawings have responding notes from other people. Not only are these post-it note doodles a way to showcase creativity and collaboration, but they create a conversation as well!

Moving on to the other places where sticky notes are hidden...

The bulletin board!

Oh no! I'm under a tack!

Who doesn't love a good pun? But, there's something different about some of these post-it notes..

A secret language? There's more.

I have been trying to reach you about your car's extended warranty.

Hello? Hellooo?? Is anyone home?

"What are these bizarre symbols? What are they from? What do they say?" All these questions and more I have heard from other consultants and clients alike when they spot these notes around the writing center. Nobody knows who's been writing these, nor if they came from one person or multiple people communicating with each other in code.

A few consultants have tried their hand at translating what some of them say, and there is actually one where they were able to! I was lucky to see this happening in person during a quiet shift one night and everyone had fun giving suggestions and guessing as to what each letter was.

"you're cool!"

So are you! :)

And it's not just on the bulletin board these secret language notes can be found...

Here we have Carla, our resident haunted puppet. Nobody really knows what Carla is nor where came from. I have no idea who named her Carla either. But anyway, if you happen to stop by the writing center, pay her a visit. And be nice to her! If you aren't she will probably curse you or something.

We have two more secret messages posted on her coat rack:

Perhaps they warn against upsetting Carla. Who knows? I do.

All in all, there is something to take away from this: the writing center is a safe space to be creative and share ideas! Everyone in here has their own unique quirks and these doodles portray that quite well. I believe these also add to the overall feel of the room itself. The brightly colored post-it notes add a layer of vibrancy and liveliness to the walls of the writing center, and always make me smile when I see them. I implore you to add your own, as I have plenty of my own post-it note drawings up there as well!

Next time you come down to the writing center, make sure to keep a look out for any new doodles that may have appeared!