Blank 1933 - 1934

This blank notebook page comes to us from the hand of Niels Larsen Stevns. Even in its emptiness, this page speaks volumes. The lines, so uniform and regimented, echo the architectural structures of ancient city-states, or perhaps the furrows of a ploughed field, symbols of order and cultivation. Yet, the blankness defies definition, a space pregnant with unrealized potential, mirroring the infinite possibilities of the human mind. Think of the tabula rasa, the "blank slate" of Aristotelian philosophy, reborn in paper form. This motif of emptiness reappears throughout history, from the void before creation myths to the Zen Buddhist concept of "mu," or nothingness. This is not merely absence, but a potent symbol of potentiality, the void from which all things emerge. Like a dream waiting to be dreamt, this blank page holds the power to stir deep currents of longing and anticipation. It is a reminder that every beginning is a return to zero, a chance to inscribe our own meaning onto the fabric of existence.