Citadel of Calvi Corsica 1928

Here is a black-and-white print by M.C. Escher called Citadel of Calvi Corsica, and it’s just teeming with lines. I can almost feel the artist carving into the block, digging out these cool graphic marks to create this world. You know, I imagine Escher standing there, looking at this citadel, squinting, trying to figure out how to translate all that three-dimensional stuff into something flat and graphic. It's a lot of problem-solving! Look at the way he's used these vertical lines in the sky, like rain, or maybe even prison bars, creating such a dense atmosphere. The lines make the citadel look impenetrable. And then, there's that crazy branch in the foreground—it looks like a big, dark thought, hanging over the whole scene. It reminds me a bit of German Expressionist woodcuts, which, like, totally goes for that emotional punch. Artists always borrow from each other—it's this big conversation that keeps going, inspiring new ways of seeing and making. We’re so lucky to be part of it!