The core of this project has been about observation, more specifically observation aided by drawing. Somehow drawing makes you look more closely. The eye flicks repeatedly from the pen to the subject, but these are not casual glances they’re analytical stares. Each time you look you see something new. Having said that some of the drawings are quick jottings of salient facts, private aid memoirs. Often these are the ones I like best – though they’re probably only meaningful to me.
Some days the drawings have just not worked and I’ve tried taking photos instead, but on such occasions these too have been lifeless. Both activities require an engagement with the subject, which just does not happen if your minds off worrying about something else like a forthcoming exhibition.
