Full Moon and Cherry Blossom at Matsuyama Castle 1953

This nighttime scene of a castle, a full moon, and cherry blossoms was created by Hasui Kawase using woodblock print. I love this, it's so beautiful! It’s blue! Dark and light blue. You can feel the air. It's like that moment when it goes from light to dark, and the sky is that intense blue just before night. I imagine Hasui was outside, just looking, trying to get it, not laboring. It feels spontaneous like he got the colours right, quickly, so that they could be printed. I bet he had to work fast to catch the feeling. It makes me wanna make something blue. It makes me think about Agnes Martin, who made light-filled blue paintings too. Doesn’t this make you want to make something, too? We, as artists, we are all looking at each other. Across time!