To draw is to be hum

The passage, To Draw is to be Human, was a very interesting examination of drawing and it's role in human psychology and society. Emma Dexter talks about how universal, more than other art forms, drawing is and how it encompasses a broad range of human emotions and feelings. Dexter explains how drawing is an intimate part of almost all people lives even if it is primitive drawings done when they were a child. The idea of drawing transcends cultures as well and exists in some form across the world as well as through out time. Some of our earliest records of humans are drawings on cave walls. One part of the article that especially stuck out to me was when she discussed the association of magic with drawing. “It is still prevalent to describe drawing as magical: for a young child the ability to conjure instantly the image of something ( a stick-figure rendition of mother, a lollipop tree) at will is miraculous. With drawing, we never lose that sense of wonder.” This idea that drawing is a magical process in which we are able to transcribe our imagination struck me as an interesting way to look at it. The article overall was a very intriguing look at the act of drawing.