plotter drawings arrive already settled in places that matter >decisions spread across code > machine > timing > paper
>authorship sharpens at the end rather than dissolving>>> some parts of the drawings feel wrong in the body
>that feeling carries information

>the conversation ends too early >the line hardens too soon >no room to wrestle or linger with the drawing
>lost painter = medium not capacity

duration > closeness > staying with the work as judgment forms

return > pressure > hesitation
> image of ongoing negotiation

desire to keep struggle alive in the work >plotting resolves too fast

urge to “paint over” areas is about reopening exchange > about continuation > staying in relation

>pencil > erasure > old habits shift authority back to me too often
>partnership collapses when those methods dominate*

>painter as displaced function inside the machine relationship
>feeling operates as judgment >>> that's ok

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strategies that stay true to the partnership and keep the drawing alive without collapsing back into dominance>>>working modes rather than solutions

delayed finality
treat the plotted drawing as an intermediate state rather than an endpoint  >the plot becomes a first crystallisation, not the work itself  >>>what matters is that authorship remains active after plotting
>>> the underpinning structure
>>>the drafting

reversible overlay
introduce an additional layer that sits on top of the plot without erasing it  >this could be material, temporal, or procedural  >the key is that the original drawing remains legible and intact while another voice enters  >>>the relation expands rather than replaces it
>cut and paste

time-based return
build delay into the process  >the drawing rests before any response is allowed 
>when you return, the intervention registers as dialogue rather than impulse 
&& authorship stretches across time 

machine-mediated reopening
use the machine again after the plot in a way that responds to the existing drawing  >not regeneration, but reply 
>>>the machine learns from the already-made surface and speaks again  reciprocity deepens 

visible struggle
allow the wrestling to remain evident  the work carries its difficulty on the surface  >resolution is no longer the goal  >>>persistence is 

what connects all of these is that the painter-artist is not reinstated as sovereign  >it reappears as a mode of staying-with 
&& the drawing remains a site of relation rather than a verdict 

I don’t want the drawings to look like I’ve erased the machine’s presence
>but maybe that’s allowed to some degree && I can find a way of working-over that promotes co-existence in the drawing space and not tyranny