Danseuse d’harem derrière un rideau de gouttes colorés 1960

Salvador Dalí made this watercolour, titled "Danseuse d’harem derrière un rideau de gouttes colorés", in 1960. I can imagine Dalí, hunched over a table, letting the watercolor bleed and bloom. It’s all soft edges and runny marks. A curtain of watery pigment in shades of blue and green form the backdrop, while the dancer emerges in red. He’s drawing her outline again and again, as though she’s a ghost. Like he’s trying to summon her from the paper. And then, all those dots! Little black and orange beads, dripping down the page. What are they for? Are they the rhythm of her dance, or are they tears? I wonder if he knew what he was doing? Was he in control, or did he just let the paint lead the way? Did he have some music playing in the background? I bet he did.