The Beginning of Miracles: XXI 1953

Corita Kent made "The Beginning of Miracles: XXI" with what looks like a screen-printing technique, where the unexpected happens with every pull of the squeegee. It’s a world of off-kilter gestures and delicate, minty green shapes dancing on a beige background, each mark a testament to the unpredictable nature of artmaking. The texture is where the magic really is; the color is translucent, and thin in places, almost like a stain, letting the raw paper breathe. Then there are these little clustered marks, like tiny green seedlings, pushing upwards. It feels like a conversation – a dialogue between intention and accident. Kent’s work reminds me a lot of Cy Twombly – both had a real knack for turning the simplest marks into powerful statements, making us rethink what we consider beautiful or meaningful. It’s this embrace of the imperfect and unfinished that I find so compelling, proving that sometimes the most profound statements come from the quietest gestures.