Hi there
I am just starting to look at 'sketchbooks', the processes that go on in
them, the forms they take etc
I would be intersted to hear from anyone who has approached this from any
angle
Alison Mountain
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From: "Ana Leonor Rodrigues" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 12:30 PM
Subject: Re: Drawing research though practice
> Patricia Cain <[log in to unmask]> escreveu:
>
>> I'm at the outset of doctoral research at Glasgow School of Art; I'm
> looking
>> at how drawing is used in the creative process, and my particular
>> emphasis
>> (at present!) is about how engaging with the drawing process (or "doing")
>> makes us think, as opposed to solely theorising about the process.
>>
>> I'm interested in getting in touch with others who may be either using
>> the
>> process of drawing as part of their research, or who are interested in
>> how
> a
>> practical engagement with "doing" can affect cognitive processes
>> generally.
>>
>> Perhaps you'd get in touch if this is of interest.
>>
>
> Dear Patricia Cain
> My research as well as my doctor thesis, was exactly around this subject.
> I'm an artist by formation and teach drawing at the architecture faculty,
> so
> I focused my investigation on "drawing as the thinking process of the
> architect", not only because of these reasons, but also because taking
> architectural drawings as a case study (and I mean study and free
> drawings,
> not coded drawings or diagrams), they stand precisely in this intersection
> where thinking, creativity that is space related, art and communication
> co-
> exist.
> And a very specific thinking process and communication that is, outside
> the
> verbal interactions.
> My approach is more phenomenological and philosophical but the research on
> the brain and particularly the visual cortex interests me very much.
>
> Since then I've been very interested at the phenomenon of drawing as an
> instrument and communication process that is so clear and precise but also
> open and imaginative and establishes a communicative world for itself,
> without words or verbal concepts.
>
> We can go on speaking about the theme if you like.
>
> My books are written in Portuguese so it will probably make them
> unavailable
> to you.
>
> Also I've been looking for investigators from other areas, particularly
> brain research of the visual cortex, but it tends to be an area which is
> restricted to it's own scope.
>
> Yours
> Ana Leonor
>
>
>
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