In Flight 1920

Alfred Kubin made this landscape with ink on paper, sometime in the early twentieth century, and I can just imagine the motion of his hand moving across the page. The scene is bursting with life, but it's also got this underlying tension, right? I mean, look at those wild, radiating lines above the building. They're like storm clouds gathering, and it's hard not to feel that sense of unease. You can see people on donkeys travelling away, with one figure brandishing a spear. I bet Kubin didn’t start with a clear plan; he probably just let his hand go where it wanted, letting the image emerge from his subconscious. For me, this piece really speaks to the power of art to capture the complexities of human emotion and experience. It reminds me that artists are always in conversation with one another, inspiring and pushing each other to explore new ways of seeing and feeling. Painting, drawing, it’s about embracing ambiguity and uncertainty, allowing for multiple interpretations and meanings.