Drawing: Line and Invention Part 2
As we learned yesterday, lines can be neat and orderly, used to convey the essence of neat and orderly ideas. However, messy lines can also aid thought because they are messy. Messy lines are ambiguous and allow for interpretation. The promote discovery. Artists can convey their ideas through preliminary sketches.
"Constructive Perception" - Getting New Ideas Can Come in Two Ways:
1) Perceptual Skill - reinterpret your sketches; try to see smaller forms embedded in larger ones
2) Cognitive Skill - generating ideas by finding meaning in seemingly unrelated things
Something to think about:
Orderly lines = ideas that are ordered
Messy, unstructured lines = ideas that are waiting for structure
Excerpts for this discussion taken from (and inspired by): "Obsessed by Lines", by Barbara Tversky, Stanford University.
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