Beeld van een farao, aangeduid als Ousirtas I, in het museum van Caïro before 1905

This image is of a statuette of an Egyptian pharaoh, Ousirtasen I, which is housed in the Cairo Museum. Think about the artist, or the person who made it, carefully carving each line and plane to reveal a figure within the stone. I wonder what it was like to make this sculpture? What might they have been thinking when they made it? There’s a certain coolness to the stone, a smooth and solid feel that I imagine must have been very satisfying to work with. When you consider its creation, the sculpture can be seen as a form of embodied expression, a way of thinking, feeling, and experiencing the world. It offers different ways of seeing, thinking, and experiencing the world. Artists are always in conversation, drawing inspiration from those who came before. It is a reminder that creativity is a continuous exchange of ideas.