Untitled (Dancer Charlotte Bara) 1922

This is a photograph, by Hugo Erfurth, called ‘Untitled (Dancer Charlotte Bara)’. When I look at this man, what strikes me most is his intensity. He's got his hand on his head. Is it a headache? Is he having an existential crisis? Or is it just the end of a long day? I imagine the photographer, Erfurth, circling him, trying to catch the right light. He’s looking for the perfect angle to capture this guy's essence, whatever that may be. There’s something so immediate and raw about the image, as though we’re intruding on a private moment. It makes me think about my own process, about how I’m always chasing a feeling, a fleeting thought, trying to pin it down with a brushstroke. Artists, we're all in this together, wrestling with the same demons, the same desires. We’re all looking for something real, something true. And sometimes, if we're lucky, we find it.