Connecting by Drawing: Use and Abuse

Abstract

Connection is everywhere. In the sub atomic as well as in the cosmic world. Connecting provides the glue without which elements could not reach the status of an object, and pieces of information could not make sense. In an interview about creativity knowledge and education, Mr. Piero Angela, one of the fathers of the Italian television, reminded me the invention of the radio by Guglielmo Marconi as a key case: looking at the first prototype, what did his invention actually consist of? he said. Surprisingly, connecting the antenna. That’s it. Radio was made by assembling pre-existing technical components with an antenna. Similarly, since its origins Drawing is connecting network of lines based on a certain logic organization, and nowadays Drawing is more about connecting processes. Referring to the legend of the titan Prometheus, we can consider the connecting, as a privileged brain activity, the proper fire of knowledge. According to the conference topic, in this contribution we would also try to discuss about the connections between Prometheus and the other three legendary figures evoked in the call, that is, Metis, Mnemosyne, Hermes.