ABSTRACT
Analogue drawing entails intimate, tangible, and bodily encounters with materials in real-world environments. A person’s thinking is mediated through material interaction—i.e., drawing may be seen as a way of thinking. In recent years, there has largely been a digitalisation of what has previously been materially engaged experiences in the field of arts and crafts, which presents both new potentials and challenges for education. This chapter discusses why material engagement through whole-body drawing still matters in education. The theoretical framework for discussing this is based on enactive philosophy and is exemplified through auto-ethnographic excerpts and photos from the author’s own drawing process with charcoal on large paper format in a winter-covered forest. The chapter discusses two key points: (1) whole-body drawing involves risk-taking and is material, rhythmic, and temporal, and (2) making sense of and connecting with the world is enabled through whole-body drawing. The chapter concludes with implications for education.
