The Nation, February 7th, 1987
Oskar Kokoschka The Knife Ship
In most of its occurrences inEnglish, the verb "to draw" refers to one of the most fundamental modes through which we engage the world, the action of pulling--of traction or extraction--and it would be surprising if there were not a similar meaning connoted by its more narrowly artistic use. To draw a sword, to draw a deep breath, to draw a conclusion, or blood, or a stubborn molar, to draw someone out or to draw out one's story--or to draw (and then quarter) a culprit, which meant to pull his intestines out--are all instances of the same primordial interventi...
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