Here in Taipei we have a place called The Escape Artist ("The art of paintertainment") http://www.escapeartist.com.tw/ http://www.escapeartist.com.tw/ You can g

Here in Taipei we have a place called The Escape Artist ("The art of paintertainment") http://www.escapeartist.com.tw/ http://www.escapeartist.com.tw/ You can go there, get a canvas from them (the mini for ~40USD is already pretty big), they have all the brushes, colours and tools that you need, and paint away for the whole afternoon. It's really fun, I've been there twice so far, and from their fanpage it looks like they have plenty of people going (so much better paintings than I could do). So yeah. Paint. Or doodle (it's even cheaper). Just have fun and explore. (edit: funny, as another commenter right now, I'm a programmer and physicist too, maybe scientist do like escaping into art)