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Curator: This small drawing, of unknown title, comes from the British School. It’s held here at the Tate and rendered in pencil on paper. What strikes you first about this sketch? Editor: I’m immediately drawn to the visible process. You see the artist feeling out the composition with these light, repetitive strokes. It feels almost meditative. Curator: Absolutely. The way the pencil hovers and builds those blurred forms – it's like watching a thought take shape. There’s a sense of impermanence, don't you think? Editor: Yes, and I wonder about the type of pencil, the texture of the paper, the artist's grip. Was it a costly material, or something cheap? Curator: It’s that dance between intention and accident, the planned and the unforeseen that gives art its mystery. Editor: Indeed. The labor and cost of these materials shaped this artist's practice, in some way. Curator: For me, it’s the way the artist captures a world in miniature, how it feels both complete and fleeting. Editor: For me, it's the material reality underpinning that fleeting feeling.