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January started with a lot of drawing. I have some pretty clear ideas over the holidays and in general it was a productive time- away from work and with family and friends. I have been making a drawing a day and that’s been a great experience- connecting me to that creative impulse- and that great thing about drawing is that it is so immediate!

I have been working on an acid free 9 x 12″ Drawing Block from Maruman. I’m now ready to work larger- I have some rag paper in my studio so I’ll begin today- I’m also curious about colouring the polygons. I’m scanned a few drawings so I’ll start there. I need to review the essay outlines of my colleagues, and review mine again before Monday’s tutorial.

I’ve also started reading John Maeda’s Design by Numbers a language he wrote to make drawings on a computer. I need to try working with it. It’s hard not to admire someone whose latest book is called the Laws of Simplicity. I wish him all the best as the next President of RISD.