Busan aan de zuid-oostkust vanaf een bergtop gezien 1952

David Ketel made this tiny slide of Busan, on the south-east coast, seen from a mountaintop. The color palette is muted; soft greens and blues gently fade into a hazy grey sky. The whole thing has this lovely, soft focus feel to it that makes me think about how art making is a process that requires patience. Looking at it, I notice the way the water meets the sky, a soft edge that makes the two almost indistinguishable. It reminds me of the paintings of Gerhard Richter, where the image is blurred, not quite in focus, as if seen through a veil, or a memory. There's a road snaking through the lower part of the landscape, a sort of pale yellow ochre line that reminds me of Cy Twombly. It's a reminder that art is an ongoing conversation, and that artists borrow and steal from each other all the time. Like life. It's a testament to the power of ambiguity.