“THE USEFULNESS OF A POT
COMES FROM ITS EMPTINESS” LAO TZE
ALL
BUT THOUGHTS
COMMUNION
12/10/24
10×15″
The series is characterized by an extreme economy of elements: fields of tonal gradation, suspended central forms, vibratory cores, vertical axes, symmetrical structures, and concave or convex movements that suggest vessels, thresholds, organs, flames, seeds, or energy centers.
MY OWN PRIVATE SHADOW
04/28/24
18×24″
Over the course of two years, All but Thoughts has unfolded as a temporal journey. Earlier drawings often centered on structural forms—symmetries, internal diagrams, or body-like shapes—while later works gradually became more atmospheric, allowing space, texture, and vibration to take precedence over figure.
DAYDREAM
12/03/24
10×15″
Even in the pursuit of stillness, the mind may surface. Some drawings register internal dialogue, subconscious imagery, or moments where thought returns through stains, gestures, or simplified forms. This oscillation between attention and thought is not a departure from the process, but part of its truth.
In All but Thoughts, Tobón investigates the space between surrender and decision, where bodily impulse, intuition, material, memory, and the trained hand all take part in the image. Drawing becomes a practice of listening: a way for the body to leave traces of what occurs before language. As the project expands into new techniques, supports, and scale, it remains anchored in the possibility of allowing something not fully directed by will or thought to take form.

