(Video): William Kentridge: Drawing The Passing

William erases and redraws so each sheet has a history of drawings in that sequence.  There is no storyboard, the film is made with a key idea, like the process of drawing.  The process of drawing throws new ideas out at us while we draw; it releases a new way of thinking.  Working quickly is essential for William since the majority of his art is the film, so the drawing process becomes less important.  This really inspired me because I never erase, unless I am using the eraser as a marking tool itself- but never to remove a "mistake"- because those do not exist.  He, like I, respect the eraser and its technique, not using it to remove mistakes, but purposely letting it show what was left behind because what we initially put down on the paper is ALWAYS so important, and should not ever be hidden or concealed, for the wrong reasons.  I love how he subtracts but continues to add all the time.