University of Canberra provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. We love our kids’ first drawings. They draw before they write, so their drawings seem somehow miraculous in those early ...

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We love our kids’ first drawings. They draw before they write, so their drawings seem somehow miraculous in those early years – their first communication that is permanent and there for all to see.

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Design for a pilaster capital for main floor Tilebein House. Image Courtesy of Drawing Matter, Karl Friedrich Schinkel The Drawing Matter Trust has announced a new Drawing Matter Writing Prize for ...

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What does the letter "e" sound like as it's being written down? Capital "A?" The word "steak?" Experimental musician Leah Reid creates new music with the sounds of writing different letters and words.