I really tried hard today to find some information on the Internet about the connection between drawing and intelligence. I found one interesting article talking about the raison d'etre of classical academic drawing, and that was to investigate "significant form". Okay, so what does that mean. My take on it is, that "significant form" is that which is meaningful and necessary to create beauty in art. The form that is spoken about here is not mere memetics, but the understanding of the artist of the totality of what's in front of them. This is the totality of the figure as object in space and its own inherent features which cannot be assumed to belong to any other form; it is the totality of the figure in relationship to its surroundings and the significance between the them. How on earth does drawing make us more intelligent? Or is it the other way around, ie., a specific type of intelligence is drawn (sic) to drawing. As an artist, I want to know this and investigate this. Is it the mere act of continuing observance and focus, that flexes a muscle of the mind that then continues to flex itself in other areas of mentation? I am going to read my wonderful catalogue of the Michaelangelo exhibition that took place in London in 2005 at the British Museum. It was staggering. Now off to read.
Not my drawing you understand........
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