Comments on: What We Think About When We Draw http://drawingthemotmot.wordpress.com/2007/03/08/what-we-think-about-when-we-draw/ Art, nature, and exploring ways to combine the two. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:11:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: sumaiah http://drawingthemotmot.wordpress.com/2007/03/08/what-we-think-about-when-we-draw/#comment-3409 sumaiah Fri, 14 Mar 2008 12:28:39 +0000 http://drawingthemotmot.wordpress.com/2007/03/08/what-we-think-about-when-we-draw/#comment-3409 it is so cool I like it THANK YOU it is so cool I like it
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]]> By: Nach http://drawingthemotmot.wordpress.com/2007/03/08/what-we-think-about-when-we-draw/#comment-223 Nach Mon, 16 Apr 2007 16:17:11 +0000 http://drawingthemotmot.wordpress.com/2007/03/08/what-we-think-about-when-we-draw/#comment-223 I'm with Annie: thanks for this nice blog. On the other hand I think about as any other manual activity: concentrate on what you are doing. But the distractions make the art too! There is a spanish philosopher (Santiago Gago) that maintains a theory called "deponencia ontonoética" which describes the artist's rol as a medium. A superior entity/level (divinity/status) "uses" the artist to express. The artist is a communication chanel between 2 realities. I'm sure there are a lot of theories about your question. It has crumb. I’m with Annie: thanks for this nice blog.
On the other hand I think about as any other manual activity: concentrate on what you are doing. But the distractions make the art too!

There is a spanish philosopher (Santiago Gago) that maintains a theory called “deponencia ontonoética” which describes the artist’s rol as a medium. A superior entity/level (divinity/status) “uses” the artist to express. The artist is a communication chanel between 2 realities. I’m sure there are a lot of theories about your question. It has crumb.

]]> By: Mary http://drawingthemotmot.wordpress.com/2007/03/08/what-we-think-about-when-we-draw/#comment-167 Mary Thu, 15 Mar 2007 02:07:18 +0000 http://drawingthemotmot.wordpress.com/2007/03/08/what-we-think-about-when-we-draw/#comment-167 interesting question to think about--do i think about anything when i draw? i think i draw to experience the moment of noticing, of experiencing, not thinking...and i love the previous comment--how lovely to experience 3-dimensional art differently as the result of holding your child! art is really more about experiencing and being open than knowing or even thinking, perhaps. when you're drawing or painting or creating in any way, isn't it more about the process, the doing than what happens in the end? interesting question to think about–do i think about anything when i draw? i think i draw to experience the moment of noticing, of experiencing, not thinking…and i love the previous comment–how lovely to experience 3-dimensional art differently as the result of holding your child! art is really more about experiencing and being open than knowing or even thinking, perhaps. when you’re drawing or painting or creating in any way, isn’t it more about the process, the doing than what happens in the end?

]]> By: Annie http://drawingthemotmot.wordpress.com/2007/03/08/what-we-think-about-when-we-draw/#comment-160 Annie Fri, 09 Mar 2007 20:04:11 +0000 http://drawingthemotmot.wordpress.com/2007/03/08/what-we-think-about-when-we-draw/#comment-160 There you have it - in (, around, and over) a nutshell! What a thoughtful way you have of expressing the thinking-free state of drawing! I was always impressed with Nicolaides' advice on contour drawing: "Do not begin until you are CONVINCED that your pencil is touching the model." Not long after I became a mother, I visited a Chinese pottery exhibit and realized I suddenly loved three dimensional art in a new and gripping way, after carrying my little child around for months. Thanks for sharing your beautiful artwork and entertaining/profound blog! There you have it - in (, around, and over) a nutshell! What a thoughtful way you have of expressing the thinking-free state of drawing! I was always impressed with Nicolaides’ advice on contour drawing: “Do not begin until you are CONVINCED that your pencil is touching the model.” Not long after I became a mother, I visited a Chinese pottery exhibit and realized I suddenly loved three dimensional art in a new and gripping way, after carrying my little child around for months. Thanks for sharing your beautiful artwork and entertaining/profound blog!

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