Les trois soeurs 1938

Joan Miró made this etching, Les trois soeurs, sometime in the 20th century, using intaglio on paper. The thing about Miro is, he asks us to loosen up. There's a wonderful, chaotic energy to the way Miro makes his marks. Look at the scribbled lines filling the space. They create a kind of dreamscape, a playground for his abstract characters. The textures, the stark contrast of black ink on paper, all emphasize the physicality of his process. It’s like he’s inviting us into his studio, to witness the dance between intention and accident. Check out the figure at the bottom left. Its simplified form, with those bold strokes defining its shape, feels both ancient and utterly modern. It’s a reminder that art is always in conversation with itself, borrowing and reinventing ideas across time. Miro reminds us that art doesn’t always have to make sense, it just has to make us feel something.