Head of crying woman 1937

Picasso made this drawing, Head of a crying woman, in 1937. It's all frantic lines, right? And a raw energy comes from the medium – probably charcoal or ink – that feels so immediate, like a thought caught mid-flight. It's like watching the process of art-making right there on the paper. Take a closer look at the eyes. Aren’t they weirdly decorative? Each one surrounded by a little crown of spikes. They're like strange jewels or emblems of pain. The mouth is just as intense, with jagged teeth bared in what could be a scream or a sob. Notice how the lines around the head are all tangled and wild, like the figure's emotions are bursting outwards? This reminds me a lot of Munch's work. Though while Munch used color to amplify the emotion, Picasso strips it back to the bone, using only the stark contrast of black and white. It's not about beauty, it's about raw feeling. And that, to me, is what makes it so powerful.