Things and not-things

Seeing Daisy in Cleveland makes me want to draw with a more wobbly line. [This initial sentence led to a notebook exchange between Daisy and me: We began by each writing a question in our notebooks and then trading notebooks to write our corresponding answers. So, we had two writing/drawing conversations going simultaneously. We continued this asking and responding for a few rounds, and ended on questions not yet answered.] — — —  Here is what took place in my notebook: OG: Daisy, what do you think your line is like? Would you say it’s wobbly? DD: I think my line, or a line more broadly, can be expressed in different ways… line type (quality, size) relationship to other lines (perpendicular, parallel, random, contained) image function (creation of planes ↔ breaking up planes, representational ↔ abstract, etc.) I like lines that create a feeling of repetition and also a sort of layering. This repetition and layering, I feel, leads to a sense of place or space. I like when looking at...