We are always moving. Even as we seem to stay at one place we keep going through our thoughts, in our imagination, from one state of mind into another. Our ability to move and change makes who we are as (learning, adapting, evolving) human beings. In that way, we never simply are but act on a continuous state of becoming.

The sense of change and motion happens through our senses, stirred by outer stimuli, which are then interpreted by our mind. This process is so natural that it requires little effort on our part: we do not need to think, we simply sense. By gaining awareness of our own perception we can get insight into why we react to certain situations and how the surroundings can affect our state of mind. As in we experience some places as unpleasant or constricting, while others create a sense of freedom. Understanding this becomes especially important when we begin creating new experiences.

Ellen Dexter¹ suggests that if any form of visual art can be compared to thinking, it is drawing. Indeed, we can find drawing in the making of all forms of visual art. From ceramics and sculpture to painting and architecture artists from all fields use sketches and visual notes as a tool for developing their work. Drawing and sketching act as the intermediary stage between artistic inspiration and the realised work. The close relationship between drawing and conceptual thinking makes drawings an ideal material for research into spatial perception. Analysing this process can give us insight into the way we perceive and interpret things, the same way as linguistics reveals how we form and connect meaning to words.