Progress #41 c. 1940

Elizabeth de Gebele Ginno made this black ink print titled 'Progress #41'. Look at that figure boldly striding forward! Ginno seems to have caught them mid-movement. I wonder where they are hurrying off to. I’m thinking about the artist printing this, carefully inking the block, pressing the paper, and the image slowly, slowly emerging. What does 'Progress' even mean? Is this about Ginno's own journey? The pyramids in the background suggest some monumental ambition, but it is, perhaps, something more metaphorical, more spiritual. The radiant sun hints at enlightenment, a goal, or an aspiration. It reminds me a little of the German Expressionists, and the idea that we are all just trying to find our own way, one step at a time. Hopefully we can all find some progress in our own way.