This document discusses different types of artistic mediums and notations, including analog vs digital, autographic vs allographic art, visual art, musical art, performing art, and instruction art. It provides examples of artistic works that use notation as a key component, such as musical scores, theater scripts, Yoko Ono's instruction paintings, Sol LeWitt's conceptual diagrams, and software code. It explores whether notation can be considered a form of art and discusses how new digital and computational tools have expanded creative possibilities for drawing and generative art.