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What I mean by drawing

Creative Spark - transferring what’s inside outside.

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Adam Ming
Jan 13, 2026
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Dear Artist Friend,

The root meaning of the word ‘draw’ is to pull, presumably to drag a material across a surface to make marks.

Separately the word draw would evolve into a completely distinct use for pull as in drawing water from a well. There is no connection between these two words. If there were a connection

It is purely a coincidence.

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