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January 16, 2006

Drawing - shedding doubts on what I know


Drawing light
Originally uploaded by mattward.
Drawing for me is about fluidity. There may be a vague sense of what your
going to draw, but things occur during the process that may modify,
consolidate or shed doubts on what you know. So drawing is a testing of
ideas, a slow motion version of thought...The uncertain and imprecise way
of constructing a drawing is sometimes a model of how to construct
meaning.

William Kentridge, South African artist

I was sent this by one my students, strange how fits in so nicely with my last post on drawing. The speed of drawing is so important to how my ideas are formulating and expressed - this is something that have only just realised.