The Buddha 1904

Odilon Redon gave us this Buddha in paint, and it feels like a dream. It’s all about the way Redon laid down those colors, letting them sort of vibrate against each other, soft and kind of hazy. You can tell artmaking was a real process for him, each stroke a step in figuring things out. Looking closer, the painting's surface feels alive. The colors blend but they’re also separate, like seeing different feelings all at once. The paint isn’t trying to hide itself; you can see how he mixed and layered things. Take that patch of blue up top, see how it almost glows against the muted background? That pop of color, it's like a little jolt of energy, or maybe a thought breaking through. Redon reminds me a bit of someone like Hilma af Klint, someone else who was chasing after something spiritual in paint, but in their own way. Art's like a big conversation, everyone adding their own spin. This piece is less about a solid answer and more about floating in the questions.