Twee mensen bij de ruïnes van Tiryns before 1910

Frédéric Boissonnas made this print of two people amongst the ruins of Tiryns, but when? It’s sepia, it’s soft, it’s like looking into the past. There's a kind of quietness in the way the light falls on those ancient stones, making them look almost soft, like pillows stacked up high. You can feel the weight of history in every little mark. It makes me think about time, how it changes things, how even the hardest rocks can crumble. And those two tiny figures sitting on top? They're like us, just passing through, trying to make sense of it all. I’m reminded of the paintings of Caspar David Friedrich, of that same sense of awe and wonder, that same feeling of being small in the face of something much bigger than ourselves. Except here, instead of a mountain, it's the ruins of time itself. Art isn't about giving us answers, but about asking the right questions, and letting us find our own way through the rubble.