En lille pige kaster sig tilbage i en sofa 1910

In this sketch from 1910, Ludvig Find captures a little girl throwing herself back on a sofa. You know, it's just pencil on paper, but that’s enough. Look at those lines—they’re so light and quick, almost like he’s trying to catch a fleeting moment. I can feel the girl’s abandon, can't you? That feeling of just letting go, like when you’re a kid and the world is all about now. I imagine Find watching her, maybe his own daughter, and quickly trying to get down the essence of that moment. It makes me think about how much can be said with so little. It also makes me consider line as a concept. I bet he was looking at Matisse and other line artists. It is amazing how one artist's way of seeing can spark something in another, across time and space, and the conversation just keeps going.