Somehow I started introducing writing into my drawings, and after a time, the language took over and I started getting very involved with the handwriting and then the look of the handwriting.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- She describes how writing gradually took over her drawings, shifting focus to handwriting and its visual form.
- In plain terms
- Writing took over her drawings, focusing on the look of handwriting.
- What can you take from it?
- Artistic mediums can shift focus organically.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How does your process change?
- When does one medium take over another?
Another view
It describes a personal process not universal to all.
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