markmaking in drawing is a good analogy for sound in music. some use both as a means to an end, and some use both as an end in theirselves. i think you can get fucking gloriously lost in just sound with the aid of repetition. melody and structure are present, but they fall to the wayside. the same with markmaking: in figure drawing i saw pieces by other students where the figure was discernible, but it wasn't really the point. charred up, fucked up, fat and thin lines criss-crossed subject matter into oblivion, we're not dealing with representation anymore. get lost in the details, get lost in the moment.