Entopic Graphomania 1945

Dolfi Trost made this drawing, entitled Entopic Graphomania, using ink on paper. What's so cool about this drawing is its own set of self-imposed rules, the way it’s born out of a system! It’s as if Trost started with a few points on the paper, and then decided that every point had to be connected to another, and another, and another. I like to imagine what he was thinking as he drew, the focus and concentration it took to keep the lines flowing, each connecting to form new shapes and patterns. It reminds me a bit of Hilma af Klint, another artist who used geometry in the pursuit of spiritual forms. The beauty of mark-making is how it expresses feeling, even unintentionally! I think artists are always having a conversation with each other, across time, inspiring one another. And each one of us sees something a little different in a work of art, right? That’s the best part of art, the way it opens up possibilities.