Mountains 1912

Martiros Sarian made this drawing, Mountains, with graphite, and for me, it's all about how he's thinking through form, right there on the page. It's like he's feeling his way, and we get to watch. Look at the side of that central peak. See how the lines aren't just shading but building blocks? They're not just filling in the shape; they *are* the shape. This is a process; it's raw, immediate. It's like he’s saying, "Here's how I see this mountain, in a language of lines." That reminds me of Cezanne, always searching, never quite resolving, but making something powerful and new in the process. Neither gives us a finished, perfect mountain, but maybe something more true. It is art after all, not photography.