ABSTRACT
This chapter argues that artistic sensibility is needed as a complement to the established planning methods in efforts to communicate the most precious idiosyncrasies of place. It suggests that the processes of drawing and writing need to be seen as primarily bodily experiences. The chapter provides the tradition of arguments that insist on the importance of artistic approaches and sensibilities in mapping within urban and architectural studies, by questioning but diminishing their essentially pragmatic and utilitarian character. Drawing is a fantastic method of involvement. During the time that sketching is occurring, the eyes are capturing all the details of the objects and the brain is subjectively selecting what matters and then transferring that information to the hand to draw. The unconventional "sketch and script practices" of mapping can provide vitality and dynamism to otherwise inert material, opening it to diversified and, thus, potentially deeper and better understandings and representations of place.
