It’s one of the most human urges, to leave a mark. To carve a gesture of love into the bark of a tree, to write a name into wet cement, to draw words in the sand, to doodle hearts, circles and arrows on a post-it note. It’s one reason why so many of us are drawn to Cy Twobly’s paintings. There’s something in the intensity, and also looseness of his scribbles, scratches and painterly lines that is both familiar and otherworldly. His paintings have a rawness to the them, a spontaneity, a compulsion. In short, they feel like an urge. I came across this 1974 Vicenzo Accame painting (below) the other day, and it caught my attention. His painterly script in Alfabetto is so beautiful, and I love the combination of colours. Next time you’re chatting on the telephone –– something some of you may be doing more of these days –– doodle away, and see what appears before you. And next time you’re walking in the woods –– something some of you may be doing more of these days, also –– don’t forget to leave a mark for whomever may be on your same journey.