I enjoyed reading Jonathan Jones’s article (No one can draw from life like David Hockney – but more than ever are trying, 28 October). But within this celebration of a revival in life drawing were some rather disparaging comments about mindfulness and drawing, as if it involved thinking more about feeling better than the task of “recording visual truth”.
Even though the word “mindfulness” has become a cliche seen in so much marketing, it is a disciplined practice with the intention of paying close attention to the present moment – the “here and now”, the truth of it.
