1 2 3 4 5 CONTOUR DRAWING  Because I like contour drawing I pick up my charcoal and follow your face in one line that travels across and over wiggling its nuanced way across the empty page. I only look at your face and let my hand do its dance my eyes not watching the face may jiggle this way and that but I like the way it takes on a new life a fresh face a line that is always searching for the true source the real path the core of the person inside the line I push and pull it this way over here and then snap it back around the nostrils getting lost in the cavernous entry to the brain the line enters makes a turn disappears only to be found again tracing the nose with curved form. Because I draw the face without looking at the page I look into your eyes and search for the missing path the unmarked grooves to work over.