Vooraanzicht van een gebouw c. 1930

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet made this ink drawing, Vooraanzicht van een gebouw, with an approach that feels immediate and process-oriented. It's as if he's thinking through the image, line by line. The texture created by the varying line weights is really what grabs me. Look at the scribbled mess that makes up the tree on the right. It’s this chaotic energy against the relative order of the building that animates the whole image. There's a sense of searching, like he's mapping out the architecture but also getting lost in the act of drawing. The thin, deliberate lines defining the building's facade contrast with the frenetic scribbles of the foliage, giving the piece a dynamic tension. This piece reminds me a little of Cy Twombly's sketches, in the way that it embraces a kind of beautiful messiness. It’s not about perfection, but about the joy of exploration and the conversation between eye, hand, and subject. It's a reminder that art is often more about the questions we ask than the answers we find.