Mimetaur, or the Process of Learning to Draw

Abstract

In this paper I shall deal with the development of human skills on the level of mimetic activity and its progression through systematic teaching to a specialized skill. Organized and premeditated teaching means that there is an understanding of the practical exercises required for the development of the skill, exercises that are logically connected to achieving the skill.As an example I shall focus on the learning of the art and expression of drawing. The transmission of human knowledge and skills takes place through action. Action is always communal. As humans we mimic and imitate each other. This is one of the foundations of being a human. As a child we mirror the miens, reactions, and activity of our neighbors and adjust them to situations, where they are substantiated. This is also the basis for all other learning. Learning from other people is natural, hence education has to be an integral part of life rather than being distinct from it.