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A soliloquy: a solitary line of inner thought or observation searching to understand or be understood.

Is that inner soliloquy perceptively different when it is analog and direct [pencil on paper] or digital and indirect [stylus on tablet where touch is intercepted, mediated or limited by the predetermined algorithms of strangers]?

This exhibit explored the possibilities of both soliloquys with life drawings captured under pressure of live models and poses limited to line and held no more than 5, 10, 15 minutes. Untimed line drawings, analog and direct, were included for context, comparison and discussion by the viewer.

The inherent imperfections in drawing lines from life, literally or metaphorically, are the wabi-sabi of existence.

I don't do cartwheels 1: timed pencil sketch on paper 2023

I don't do cartwheels 2: timed pencil sketch digitally inverted using stylus algorithms 2023

BacktoBlack 1: timed pencil sketch digitally inverted using stylus algorithms 2023

BacktoBlack 2: timed pencil sketch digitally inverted using stylus algorithms 2023

BacktoBlack 3: timed pencil sketch digitally inverted using stylus algorithms 2023

analog line drawing: timed pencil on paper sketch of live model 2023

digital line drawing: timed stylus on tablet sketch of live model using algorithms 2023

Ice Melts: timed pencil sketch of live model 2023

ICE MELTS IN ONLY ONE DIRECTION
so time doesnt
suddenly
flow
in reverse
except on anniversaries
under bourbon & soda
MEMORIES ARE FEELINGS
FELT BACKWARDS
th inside out
TH BREATH LEAVING TH BODY
TH BODY LEAVING TOWN 
poem © Jim Lang, aka Lang, 1941-2017

Syd Barrett: 2022 stylus portrait study on tablet without time limit or digital copy/transfer aids

Frank Zappa: 1960s pen/ink portrait study on paper without time limit or analog copy/transfer aids

ECHOES WITHOUT SAYING © Jim Lang: pen/charcoal/pencil family portrait studies on paper




all images © ruth hartman
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