Living, Breathing Lines

Drawing lines on paper and making lines with string and two, quite different line experiences. When making the lines on paper I was paying more attention to the shapes and how the composition looked-was it pretty, did the black and white balance, ascetically pleasing? When making lines with the string my focus was more on the string and wrapping it around things, rather then what the final image would look like. The string activity was alright, it kind of made me think of lines more then I thought I would. It made me realize that the crossing lines could make a shape and still be lines, they just all had to be connected, it was harder to see that on paper. At the same time, however, we were just given the string and not directed to do anything specific and it became more about throwing the string around while coming up with inventive ways to attach it to places. Drawing the lines was more about the whole picture and composition, as I said before. Using the string, more attention was paid to where those lines went, as opposed to the whole picture. Since we didn't really pay attention to the composition of the lines of string I don't feel like it came out looking like something really aseptically pleasing or nice. If I were to do it over again I would plan something out ahead of time, or at least be more conscious about where I was placing the lines of string.