Drawing Knotted in the Manner of a Net 1920

Paul Klee made this drawing, "Knotted in the Manner of a Net," with ink on paper. It's a world of lines, like a visual poem, where everything’s connected. Look at how Klee uses the ink—it's direct, honest, and almost playful. The lines vary in weight, some darker, some lighter, and the dots create rhythm. The lines move and shift, creating a kind of wobbling effect across the page. Notice how this linear quality gives the piece movement and a sense of improvisation. This is drawing as thinking. I’m drawn to the lower part of the image, where those vertical lines seem to drip down like rain, or maybe tears. There’s something both delicate and visceral about them. Klee's kind of like Joan Miró, conjuring playful biomorphic abstractions. Both artists make their own visual language that feels deeply personal and universal.