Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Drawing captures a fleeting expressive movement in a lasting physical form.
- In plain terms
- Drawing freezes a gesture forever.
- What can you take from it?
- Use drawing to make gestures permanent.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What gesture are you capturing?
- How does permanence help?
Another view
Drawing does not always capture the gesture perfectly.
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