Marvin! Hi!
For a guy against rhetoric, you're pretty good at it. Another not-so-lost art?
Sharlene,
Good to hear someone talk about edges, surface and the relative importance of drawing. I agree- we should learn to draw because it is ultimately about SEEING. Good drawing, I'd say, isn't always about accurate proportion and perspective etc.
There are still art schools trying to supply a set of skills out there. No school can be perfect, but in the end the artist has to decide his or her direction and pursue it.
Sounds like a bunch of truisms...so maybe it's true.
Peter G