Dear Marijke
Interesting notion of 'formal' and I note that other contributors are
merging, connecting and stretching the relationship with meanings of
'form'. However, with regard to your 'formal graphic language', did
this include studies of different cultures?
David
On 27 Jan 2005, at 00:52, Marijke Rutten-Saris wrote:
> About 'formal problem'
> Clarity of words has been my focus for decads. Being a creative art
> therapist I had a formal problem; I was badly in need for words to
> describe drawing in formal visual language before I could/wanted
> denotate the drawing of patients with meanings relevant to their
> inter/personal growth.
> A formal opposite problem for me means that it is a problem that is
> tacled from the other start/end compared with a personal problem.
> Because drawing-movement is perse also body-movement too, there exist a
> direct relation between the development of a person and the types of
> marks left on a surface.
> In a PhD research with took me almost 10 years of part-time study, I
> became finally able to notate drawing in a reliable way with the common
> worldwide graphic development (pure formal notation) from literally 0
> till 5 year old children. This resulted in a formal graphic language as
> a reliable basis for denotation and reflection for therapeutic
> treatment.
> You can compare this approach with the notes for music and the Laban
> notation for dance. For a bit more, visit my website by clicking the UK
> flag/EBL/ "Has visual a reliable notation system?", and under RS-index.
>
> Marijke
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> Dr. Marijke Rutten-Saris
> SRCT Creative Art Therapist/Researcher/LVSB Supervisor
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