I have a kid who is coming up on 2 years old and he is drawing in the mornings. His drawings are a mix of scribbles, semi-enclosed shapes, and dots where he pounds on the paper making both satisfying marks and satisfying sounds. I enjoy the time we spend drawing. One of the things that is clear is that making a mark in the world, even scribbles is both a powerful visual statement and a powerful performance statement. When he is scribbling, the intention is clear, the attention is solid, and it is both a physical performance and an audio performance.
I have been an art teacher, art student and artist and I know that sometimes it helps to have a challenge. I initiated the Center for Machine A...