Xilografia 1919

This woodcut, or Xilografia, by Julius Evola, is a real lesson in how much you can do with just black and white. It’s like he’s wrestling with form itself. Check out how he carves out these chunky shapes, the way the negative space pushes forward, becoming just as important as the black. The texture isn’t trying to hide; you can almost feel the grain of the wood, the force of the cut. See that crescent moon shape near the top left? It's not just a moon; it’s a slice of light, a presence. Evola's playing with a language of symbols, making you work to decode them. It reminds me of folks like Hilma af Klint, artists diving deep into abstraction, trying to visualize the invisible. It's a reminder that art isn't about answers, but about opening up new questions.