Bloemen c. 1905

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet made this flower drawing, Bloemen, with pencil on paper. It's like a peek into the artist's sketchbook, a whisper of an idea. The lines are tentative, exploratory, but they have a delicate quality. Looking at the paper itself, you can almost feel the grain under the pencil, the way the graphite catches and releases as it moves. Notice the different pressure he applies. Some lines are darker, more defined, others are barely there, like a memory. And how some of the flowers are fully realised and others are just a suggestion. This work reminds me of artists like Cy Twombly or even Agnes Martin, where the process of making becomes as important as the final image. It’s not about perfection, it's about the journey, the act of seeing and translating that vision onto paper. So much of art is an ongoing conversation, a constant questioning, and Cachet's little drawing encapsulates this beautifully.