TO DRAW IS TO BE HUMAN

In the article “To Draw is to Be Human,” I found the idea that drawing is “the earliest and most immediate form of image making” really interesting. It is particularly intriguing that the basic concept of drawing has endured over thousands of years. Culture has evolved and changed drastically over the course of history. We have come up with new methods of image making, through film, and digital media; however, I think it is really cool that the most basic primal techniques for drawing still resonate with us today. This past Labor Day weekend, I experienced ancient drawings first hand when I went to see the ancient petroglyphs in Taos, New Mexico. It was difficult for me to fully grasp just how old the rock drawings actually were, but the fact that we could still connect with the drawings in some way thousands of years later really interested me. We cannot necessarily know exactly what the drawings represented; however, I found the idea that thousands of years ago humans used line to create images really cool. I the image above, I have attached a picture of one of the petroglyphs that I saw in Taos. The image looks like some sort of creature that has legs and feet. For me, seeing this image showed me that humans thousands of years ago were influenced by the world around them to create images.

(Kathleen Strauss)