The Eagle and the Woman at Night 1938

This is Joan Miró’s etching, its mysterious monochrome surfaces revealing a night scene with an eagle and a woman. I can imagine Miró working on the metal plate, scratching away, lost in thought. What was he thinking? Perhaps the woman in the picture embodies the earth itself, fertile and receptive, while the eagle symbolizes the soaring heights of the spirit. Look at the landscape; a series of rhythmic arcs suggest a field or horizon. It's a dreamscape, really, not quite here or there, but filled with symbolic forms, a language all of its own. It makes me think about other artists too, like Paul Klee, who also played with symbols and abstraction to create his own visual worlds. I see artmaking as a continuous exchange—an ongoing conversation across time. There are no fixed meanings, only endless possibilities.