Untitled [plate XXXIII] 1958

Joan Miró made this untitled plate sometime in the mid-20th century with lithographic ink on paper, leaving us with these wonderfully simple and direct forms. I can imagine Miró making this; a kind of playful dance where intuition guides each decision, each color, each line finding its place. The red mark, so confident and curved, maybe it's a gesture of embrace? And the blue marks, they jut out like a burst of energy, followed by a dense black circle. I wonder what he was thinking when he added those white specks? Stars, maybe? Miró's work often feels like a conversation with the subconscious; he speaks through shapes and colors rather than words. This piece reminds me of other abstract painters like Paul Klee and even some of my own works, where the act of painting is like thinking out loud on canvas. We're all riffing on each other, in a way, sharing our visions, across time.