DRAWINGS - TRANSCRIPTIONS

transcriptions 01 / 2017 / graphite on paper / 20,7 x 29,5 cm
transcriptions 02 / 2018 / graphite on paper / 20,7 x 29,5 cm
transcriptions 03 / 2018 / graphite on paper / 20,7 x 29,5 cm
transcriptions 04 / 2018 / graphite on paper / 20,7 x 29,5 cm
transcriptions 05 / 2018 / graphite on paper / 20,7 x 29,5 cm
transcriptions 06 / 2018 / graphite on paper / 20,7 x 29,5 cm
transcriptions 07 / 2018 / graphite on paper / 20,7 x 29,5 cm
transcriptions 08 / 2018 / graphite on paper / 20,7 x 29,5 cm
transcriptions 09 / 2018 / graphite on paper / 20,7 x 29,5 cm
transcriptions 10 / 2018 / graphite on paper / 20,7 x 29,5 cm

TEXT - SCRIPT ROWS / TRANSCRIPTIONS / UTTERANCES

I only cover several pages with signs from top to bottom when I'm trying to "warm up." Rarely do I produce anything resembling large blocks of continuous text. And if I do, it's usually just a first attempt-a way of tuning in to the present moment, to my inner state, and to the mood of my hand.

Not every drawing becomes a "transcription" or a "script." That transformation happens only when I feel a strong, immediate urge to say something, to tell or describe. In such moments, my hand begins to form signs that resemble letters.

Of course, I don't write out the words. When the need to express arises, it comes with haste. My thoughts flow like a stream-there's no time to shape every letter. I abbreviate letters, compress words, even entire phrases or sentences.

Still, even as the current carries me, I break things apart into fragments. These interruptions seem essential to me. I think I like punctuation. Sometimes I even wonder what I've truly transcribed-the meanings themselves, or the punctuation: those marks that separate or connect ideas.

There is also a completely different kind of script I create. I call these series of drawings "script rows." In truth, I'm drawn to wide landscapes, expansive spaces where the signs can breathe-where they can exist with room around them. Yet sometimes, a shape or figure becomes the focus. So much so that the signs begin to swell. They suddenly take over. The figurative form emerges: the sign becomes a character, claiming the entire space for itself.