I do not care 1902

Frantisek Kupka made this artwork "I do not care", and you can almost see how it came into being, shifting and emerging through trial, error, and intuition. Looking at this piece, I sympathize with Kupka. What was it like to create it? What might he have been thinking when he made it? The parrots and the scribbled French phrases dominate. It all seems to swim in the sepia tones. It's not quite thick, not quite thin. The artist’s hand is evident, and you can feel the intention, or perhaps lack of intention, as in, I do not care! That single phrase communicates a feeling of nihilistic meaning. I wonder if the artist had been looking at Daumier, Lautrec, or Ensor? Artists are always in conversation, always exchanging ideas across time, inspiring one another’s creativity. Painting, in this way, is a form of embodied expression which embraces ambiguity and uncertainty, allowing for multiple interpretations and meanings.