THINKING THROUGH DRAWING: PRACTICE INTO KNOWLEDGE

THINKING THROUGH DRAWING: PRACTICE INTO KNOWLEDGE 37

michael moore

most of what I think I know, I know from

having drawn. If an object, idea, dream,

pattern, place, fear, hate, love, fact or force

of nature can be drawn, it makes more

sense to me. Drawing can verify experi-

ence. my kind of drawing begins within

the body – the kinesthetic self, from the

inside out, combining what I see with

what I know. because a line can be itself

and something else as well, the charac-

ter of line and life are similar to me. Each

drawing is made from the inside out,

leaving a trail for others to follow from

the outside in. Drawn lines show time.

Even intervals, or spaces, between lines

show time. I want my lines to reveal the

rhythms, gestures, pressures, speed, and

life of the hand that made them.

Top:

Crevasse, 25” x 26”

bottom:

Round stone, 28” x 25”

Michael Moore

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