Femme, oiseau, étoile, constellation 1977

This drawing by Joan Miró is made up of delicate lines and shapes on a neutral, textured surface. I can imagine Miró, with a pencil in hand, coaxing these figures into being—woman, bird, star, constellation—through a dance of intuition and chance. I love the way he simplifies forms to their essence, a kind of visual poetry where a line can suggest a body, a curve can imply movement. You can almost feel the scratch of the pencil on the paper, the subtle shifts in pressure that create a sense of depth and space. And the composition is so playful! The woman, bird, star constellation feel like they are floating and interacting in a dreamlike cosmos. Miró always seemed to me like a fellow traveler, exploring the space between representation and abstraction, where the boundaries blur, and the imagination takes flight. Like Paul Klee, he invites us to look beyond the surface and discover the hidden connections that make up our world.