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2021 年 6 月 (第二套)Drawing 谈绘画

We often think of drawing as something that takes inborn talent, but this kind of thinking stems from our misclassification of drawing as, primarily, an art form rather than a tool for learning.

Researchers, teachers, and artists are starting to see how drawing can positively impact a wide variety of skills and disciplines.

Most of us have spent some time drawing before, but at some point, most of us stop drawing.

There are people who don't, obviously, and thank god for that: a world without designers and artists would be a very shabby one indeed.

Some argue that so many adults have abandoned drawing because we've miscategorized it and given it a very narrow definition.

In his book, Stick Figures: Drawing as a Human Practice, Professor D.B. Dowd argues that we have misfiled the significance of drawing because we see it as a professional skill instead of a personal capacity.

We mistakenly think of "good" drawings as those which work as recreations of the real world, as realistic illusions.

Rather, drawing should be recategorized as a symbolic tool.

Human beings have been drawing for 73,000 years. It's part of what it means to be human.

We don't have the strength of chimpanzees because we've given up animal strength to manipulate subtle instruments, like hammers, spears, andlaterpens and pencils.

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