Hi Curie:
A short book — something a bit Berger-like, perhaps — “What do we talk about when we talk about drawing?”
There’s a book—" Art & Fear” — I used to assign readings to students. Its point was to give permission to participate in exploration and making without creating unnecessary hierarchy or self-consciousness.
I favour an approach and terminology that gives the broadest possible population permission and access to this fundamental human skill of drawing.
And, yes, I’m really enjoying the direction of this conversation.
cheers,
Lynn
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> On 11 Jan 2021, at 4:54 pm, curie scott <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Hello all
> Is it just me or is there a book in this??
> I’m intrigued how we’ve naturally swung away by discussing both the purpose and process of drawing and back to where Andrea started us (a non-gendered term for someone who draws).
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> I’m enjoying the discussion! Although i draw, none of the titles we’ve mentioned sit well for me personally. Or rather they make me feel uncomfortable so i have been trying to figure out why. Perhaps because i already affiliate the terms with a certain type of practice that i don’t do. I am comfortable being a ‘drawing researcher’ and a ‘drawing practitioner’ but not a draghtsperson or draw-er (or drawer).
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> I agree with Simon, Lynn and Stephen (+ maybe others) with the generic sense of being someone who draws.
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> Many people draw but is that what identifies us? We all write in different ways but very few of us wrap the grand mantle of ‘writer’ around our persona (ok, yes, i accept many in this group are writers 😊) or indeed, just because i clean am I defined as a ‘cleaner’? I wash clothes so am I ....you get the idea.
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> Using a title feels exclusive rather than inclusive as people draw for lots of different purposes and functions. The use of the title ‘Draw-er’ may actually alienate more people from the practice of drawing by making someone who draws more ‘special’. Something all of us are against
> If the person who draws has to be titled, maybe we can use the accepted convention within that field of practice and state that this is the term to be used in that particular article
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> Thanks for reading!
> Curie Scott
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