Christus met gespreide armen in een heuvellandschap 1915

Lodewijk Schelfhout made this print, Christus met gespreide armen in een heuvellandschap, and it’s like a little stage set made with light and dark. It’s all in shades of grey, but the way he uses the marks gives it so much texture and depth, you know? Look at the way he’s carved the lines to create the landscape. It’s almost like he’s sculpting with light. It’s not just about depicting something, it’s about the act of making, the process itself, and how that becomes the meaning. I love how the landscape almost seems to embrace Christ, like a cosmic hug. And the figures around him, they’re all looking up, bathed in this ethereal light. It reminds me of someone like Paula Modersohn-Becker, how she used simple forms to convey such profound emotion. It's like art is this ongoing conversation, you know? We’re all just riffing off each other, trying to make sense of this crazy world.