Jan 20, 2019
Here is the first instance where I filled a piece of paper from edge-to-edge with drawing, a school project for 6th grade art class. We were instructed to make an upside down “U” shape, and then bounce back to its opposite side without lifting the pen. This would create long, worm-like lines that we were supposed to crawl across the page until there was no room left, filling in every other kernel with ink.
As adolescence wore on, I found myself craving the soothing and absorbing nature of this exercise and started to draw on the unlined side of used and left over index cards from school classes. I quickly deviated from this drawing style but there is no doubt that this project is what planted the seed.
