Homespun Coverlet c. 1940

This is a drawing of a Homespun Coverlet made by Cornelius Christoffels. It's a red and white riot, and it kind of makes me want to grab my pens and start scribbling. I’m thinking about Cornelius, you know, and wondering what it was like for him to bring this thing into being. There's a real sense of rhythm and care – the way the shapes repeat, like a song stuck in your head. These aren’t gestures, but they sort of feel like them, don't they? It’s like he's saying, "I'm here, I'm making, I'm feeling." You can imagine him lost in the process, pushing and pulling the images until they sit just right. It makes me think about other artists, too, all those people who came before and all the ones who’ll come after. We’re all just riffing off each other, adding our own little twist to the story. It’s all about embracing the messy, the uncertain, and the unfinished.