Ivy Tentacles on Glass, Chicago c. 1952

Harry Callahan made this photograph, *Ivy Tentacles on Glass, Chicago*, using a camera. I can't help imagining the artist standing there, patiently composing the shot, and seeing the world in these tiny, intricate forms. The image shows delicate trails and dots of dark ivy clinging to a pane of glass. You know, it's funny, the way Callahan has framed this shot, it almost looks like abstract marks on a canvas. It reminds me of Cy Twombly's scribbles, or maybe even Joan Mitchell's gestural brushstrokes, except here, the gestures are made by nature. It makes me think about how different artists are constantly riffing off each other, even if they're working in totally different mediums. Callahan captures the poetry of the everyday, finding beauty in these chance encounters. And that's what I find so inspiring – the idea that art is all around us, if we just take the time to look.