Drawing is the root of everything ?

I am heading to a conference next week and looking forward to hearing many of the speakers. The conference seems promising and there are several break off sessions I'd like to attend. Seeing an occasional palm tree and some sun rays will be a welcome change from the 8 days of rain here in the North East.

Corridor in the Asylum, 1889

It looks like there is a Van Gogh exhibit of drawings at the Met starting on Tuesday. I have seen several of these in the Van Gogh Musuem already --but seeing them all together in a new setting (without being overshadowed by his paintings) should reveal much. I am hoping to see a change in style of these drawings created before, during and after his time in the asylum. I assume he sketched the one above while in the asylum , but I'll need to see it up close to see if I can notice the change. It was neat to see the change in style of his paintings around those events in his life -- I am curious if it applies to his drawings as well.

I'll try to go next weekend after I return to the NY.
http://www.metmuseum.org/special/Van_Gogh/drawings_more.asp

Vincent's own words... "Drawing is the root of everything."