Studies, vermoedelijk architectuur 1908

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet made this graphite on paper drawing called "Studies, vermoedelijk architectuur," and it now lives at the Rijksmuseum. I can imagine Cachet with his pencil in hand, quickly putting down the first marks and lines. He probably started with some observed reality, but then just let his imagination go wild. Lines intersect, forms emerge, and then disappear in a kind of organized chaos. Architectural elements are suggested, but nothing is quite fixed, so the drawing breathes with possibility. The thin graphite lines feel almost weightless. It’s like he’s thinking out loud, working through an idea or maybe jotting down a feeling about a space. The overall impression is one of searching, questioning, and finding beauty in the tentative nature of thought itself. We, as artists, build on each other's dreams. What Cachet has started here, we can continue.