Gestures – Drawing and Writing in Chinese and English

Inspired by Tim Ingold’s exploration of the letter ‘a’ and the differences he describes between handwritten text and type, in particular how we enact a sense of ourselves in our handwriting, I’ve begun isolating letter ‘a’s in found texts – notes, letters and postcards that people have sent me. It’s fascinating how in one short note someone can form the letter ‘a’ in so many different ways.