Bamboo Hula c. 1941

Cornelia MacIntyre Foley made this print, Bamboo Hula, using black ink on paper. Look closely, and you can almost feel the artist's hand moving across the block, carving away at the surface to reveal this figure in motion. I imagine Foley carefully choosing each line, deciding where to let the light in, and where to keep the shadows deep. The texture alone tells a story of labor and intention! And the dancer feels so alive! You get a sense of a fleeting moment, like a snapshot of a performance. Her raised arms are full of energy, as if she's moving to music we can't hear, caught mid-hula. I see her love of capturing movement and the human form—it reminds me of Matisse's dancers. Artists are always in dialogue with each other, riffing on ideas, and pushing boundaries. What will you create today?