Decoratief patroon met vierkanten, rechthoeken en driehoeken 1908

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet made this pencil drawing of squares, rectangles, and triangles, at an unknown date. I can imagine Cachet making this drawing and thinking about decoration. Look how the pencil lines hover, building and adjusting, searching for the right connections between the shapes. It's not about perfection but about a feeling, a kind of harmony of simple shapes. I'm thinking about what these shapes might have meant to Cachet. Maybe they were a kind of visual language he was developing. Like musical notes, each form suggests a rhythm and when combined, a melody. Artists do that you know! What Cachet is doing here resonates with so much art I love, a continuous exploration of form and feeling across time and geography. Each artist builds on the discoveries of those who came before, and I think there’s beauty in that conversation across the ages.