Relating

I'm having a lot of fun with the drawing we are working on in class.
I find it very relaxing to be able to use paint, and just be working with lines; not having to mix correct values and shade objects.
With this technique I have definitely begun to see the world more in terms of Giacometti's style. I hope I will never be as conflicted as him, but I understand his search for relationships between things.
I notice things as being more geometric and look for lines that cue into that feeling. This has transferred over into my photography projects as well: I seem to be more interested in lines. Also in color theory- my patterns have become all line-based.

I am currently taking IAR 321, Design Perspectives, and we are talking about the broad sense of design and how it corresponds to EVERY other discipline; which definitely includes drawing. We discussed the movie "Powers of Ten"



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2cmlhfdxuY

At first I thought it was just a scientific movie- just a look at the universe and atoms. But then I started to think about the design of it all. How the smallest things make up the whole universe and how one little change can create a whole different substance. My teacher is big on patterns, and the rythm of the world is quite fascinating when thought of out of normal context. We also related to Philosophy- how do we know we are the only life forms and how could all this specific design be created by one all-knowing being. The biggest impact this film brings is that there is a vastness and we harldy fill up a fraction of a percent of it-so even though in the grand scheme of things our decisions won't impact the universe-but why not still try to change the world?

I think that drawing, for me, is like dissecting this short film: it's very easy for me to derive the basic meaning of a piece, but I need to spend more time at the deeper meanings and the drive behind the work. I think everyone could benefit if they just slowed down and contemplated drawing.