William Kendridge.

At first thought of stop animation charcoal drawings, it would've seen messy and unrefined. Although as I watched the technique of William Kendridge it became clear how the charcoal effect enhanced the meaning of his work. Such as charcoal doesn't really erase entirely and the history of what was attempted to be erased becomes a movement of progression in the piece. He described it in a way that made almost beautiful in a way. He referred to a sheet of paper floating in the air. Without the history we don't know know why its there or where it came from or its purpose. But by the diminshed drawings of charcoal the story is read in both past and present. The charcoal effect is also is less time consuming instead of drawing the same picture over again with only a slight change, erasing one portion allows for quick alterations without changing the whole of the piece. He never looks at a single piece as precious, because he constantly changes it. There's a spontaneous quality about Kendridge in the way that he doesn't use storyboards or scripts in creating his pieces. He merely makes it up as he goes along. In this way it appears less concise which I enjoy about his work and that spontenaity comes through in this aspect as well. It's his indecisiveness that I admire because its what allows him to do multiple things and have a variety of idea's. It's inspiring to see how he takes his love for film, art and theatre and finds a way to incorporate them all into a piece of art, and he finds it as a way in which they nurture each other.