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in the theory of embodied cognition a so-
called 'image schema' is a recurring,
dynamic pattern of motor programs and
perceptual interactions. (1)

for example when you draw a straight line
between two points; the combination of the
motor program that moves the hand and the
spatial information from the eye are
memorized as a single source-path-goal
schema

the structure of such a schema can also be
used to reason about events and actions.

in case of a source-path-goal schema a
person might- reason towards a conclusion,
run for president, or think of being 'crazy'
as being off the track, or that the mind is
wandering off,

imagine that free drawing is like a line
going for a walk without a goal (2)

and picture free drawings produced from
calling upon different image schemas and
executed with variable levels of control

and how this conflation of image schemas and
free drawing opens up a space where thinking
and drawing engage in a kind of dynamic and
excited productive mutualism

the art

[try writing rules that activate different
schemas ]

the disclosure of secrets (trigger)

draw a straight line ~~and follow it~~
(overcoding)

contamination and [compartmentalization ]

for scanners
a phase portrait gallery

(2017) :
PDF For Scanners zine

(a 'phase portrait' is not a portrait of a
person. a phase portrait is a portrait of a
state. in this case, a phase portrait is the
portrait of a state that is the outcome of a
sequence of actions.
the gallery represents different states that
can be read as image schemas of a continuous
drawing program in time )

notes
(1) mark johnson; the body in the mind
(1990)
(2) paul klee; pedagogical sketchbook (1925)

2.Free Drawing
Rules

3.Routine

4.Move by Nature