Skitser af et par fødder og køer. Desuden rids af storke 1900 - 1905

This sketchbook page, by Niels Larsen Stevns, shows drawings of feet, cows, and storks. It's all about the process here, isn't it? A way of seeing and capturing the world, one glance at a time. Look at the directness of the lines, so thin and immediate. There's something so appealing about the casual nature of the sketches, as if we're looking over the artist's shoulder as he jots down his observations. The feet are so vulnerable, while the cows seem to have a quiet steadiness, and the storks are almost like afterthoughts, little doodles scattered around the page. I'm reminded of Degas with the way he used sketchbooks to record and develop his ideas, like a visual diary. But Stevns is doing something different, his own thing. It’s a reminder that art is an ongoing dialogue, a conversation across time and space.