Wierook benodigdheden 1903

Kamisaka Sekka made this print, *Incense Utensils*, using woodblock printing techniques. The palette is muted, restrained. Looking at this image I start to think about the ritual of making art, of making anything. Arranging objects, choosing where to place them in relation to each other. He must have spent time getting the composition just so! In the bottom left the lines extending out from the objects remind me of a spider’s web, as if the objects are caught in the act of making art. The black rectangles draw my attention to the flat surface of the paper. The eye moves around the composition, from the containers on the right to the scattered tools and geometric forms on the left, with no clear focal point. The print offers a quiet, meditative moment, a reminder of how the tools we use shape our vision. It makes you appreciate the ongoing conversation between artists across generations.