About eight years ago I was sitting at a bar. My (now) wife Nathalie and I had known each other for about a year, give or take.
I drew this on a napkin from memory. (A napkin is actually a pretty tricky thing to draw on with a fountain pen.) Before I was finished I realized that at that moment, I really wanted to be no where else but home with her.
The first most important drawing:
I saw Nathalie at a meeting. I didn't know her name, but I couldn't take my eyes off her. So I made a drawing on an ordinary index card. After the meeting we bumped into each other. I introduced myself and gave her the card. She's got it stashed away in a box of cards. (Ah. She corrects me. I stopped by her office and gave her the drawing soon after, but tried to play it down saying "I aways sketch people in meetings.")
In the end, a drawing is nice to have. But I think the most important thing about a drawing is that it forces you to really look, you create something from what you see, and you remember.
I generally hate quotes from famous people tacked onto writing, but this one seems appropriate:
I have learned that what I have not drawn, I have never really seen... (Frederick Franck)
Suffice to say, I'm a lucky guy.
