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Daily drawings appear 5 times a week - Monday to Friday.
They are usually made at the end of the day and put online straight away.

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About the Rectilinear Personality - Babette Wagenvoort

Since 1995 I have made hundreds of ‘diary drawings’.
These autobiographical, partly automatic drawings are based on real moments, my feelings or observations of other people and make up the ‘Rectilinear Personality’ series.

The title ‘Rectilinear personality’ is taken from one of the first diary drawings I did, and describes both the technique used (red linear drawings) and the strictness of the ritual involved. The process shown in the archive on this site is one of ‘becoming better at visualising ‘small truths about humanity’ through drawing.

I believe that what Dutch author and diarist Hans Warren says in ‘The Diary as Art form’ about writing also applies to drawing: 'The more dedicated the writer is the more fascinating a diary becomes. The more an author dares to show his inner life, the more this unique report of a single life will turn into a global commentary. The more careful one is in the analysing of one’s own motives, the more the highly personal proofs to coincide with the general.’

“A diary is a kind of looking glass.
At first it reflects the diarist.
But it ends by revealing the reader”
– Stefan Kanfer

The Rectilinear Personality = Babette Wagenvoort

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Making A Diary Drawing According To
A Rectilinear Personality:
(please try)
- get piece of paper & a pencil
- sit down at the table
- pick up pencil and put paper in front of you
- concentrate on the empty page in front of you
- think about your life today
- what did you see, hear, feel, say
- draw
- be honest
- don’t try to impress anyone
- don’t use any text
- when finished add date and signature