Dansende jongen en meisje c. 1900 - 1930

Elly Verstijnen created "Dancing Boy and Girl" with pen and ink. It feels like a simple sketch, something Verstijnen maybe dashed off in a moment. But I bet it took real concentration to make it look so breezy. The line work is so economical, describing the children and their clothes, the set with just enough detail. There's a real charm to how she captured that moment of childhood play. I imagine Verstijnen working quickly, trying to capture the fleeting quality of the children’s movement. Was she trying to capture not just what they looked like, but also something about their energy? I wonder if other artists looked at Verstijnen's work and felt a kinship, a shared pursuit of capturing life's ephemeral moments. Art is all about these conversations across time, isn't it? We are all just trying to make something, something that might speak to someone else. We put our voice into the world hoping to connect.