Between doodling, drawing and self-expression...a practical approach.
Have you ever felt a little nervous when drawing a line on a blank sheet of paper and then hesitated before saying to yourself: « No, that’s not what I meant to draw…, I’ve never known how to draw anyway.»?
« Knowing » or «not knowing how to draw » ” is a false problem which has been instilled in us since we were children. However, this knot can be undone, so as to more openly access our internal freedom, our well-being and self-esteem. Having the possibility of naturally expressing oneself through drawing is to acquire an additional skill which has an effect on our overall potential.
This urge is a deep desire to express and communicate one’s true self.
In substance, writing and drawing are identical (Paul Klee).
Natural drawing, also called “spontaneous” drawing, is at the very origin of writing which was created four thousand years before our time. This mode of expression is additionally the very first written form produced by children.
Without rules or constraints it first shows itself in children from 2 years old. In the majority of 7 to 12 year olds, this language silences itself. For some, “the urge to draw disappears at 4 years old. Have you ever seen a child draw two or three lines and then say “it’s wrong” or angrily rip up the sheet of paper? There are various reasons for this including, the desire to perform well or comply with the norm, or the fear of disappointing their parents or school etc.
However, natural drawing survives and leaves its trace in textbook margins, scraps of paper used for doodling during a meeting or on the telephone etc.
It never dies in an adult and holds a powerful potential.
Plasticity of the brain, intuition, creativity, pleasure of existence etc.
Drawing becomes our objective. By using autopictography, an original method which was created and patented by Serge Goldwicht, you can find your way by expressing yourself through the activation of alternative areas of the brain than those used for thinking and writing.
What do we draw?
The fundamental aim of natural drawing workshops is creation through use of the imagination. Every single human being has an imagination. More often than not, it remains fenced off. When we draw “spontaneously”, we do not use a template, a photograph or a particular style as a basis for drawing. Autopictography triggers our spontaneous drawing rapidly, powerfully and, step by step, we discover Our expression.
We open our box of images; we activate our prefrontal brain, the centre of intuition and creativity. Strange characters, fantastic animals and other subjects close to the dream may awake ..