Ingold’s text, ‘Drawing, writing and calligraphy’ in Lines: A brief history reshaped the way I was approaching my exercises. The line between drawing and writing was ever shifting and blurring. It seemed that one was a prerequisite for another, but is it proficiency that separates drawing from writing?
Rather than viewing them in such binary distinctions, I’m interested in the notion of drawing as writing as language as … it’s a cyclical relationship in my mind. The above diagram is a sketch illustrating the progression of my practice thus far.