Couple Embracing 1911

Egon Schiele made this drawing of a couple embracing with pencil on paper. Look at the vulnerability of these figures. The soft grey pencil work captures a tender intimacy. The way their bodies intertwine, rendered in such delicate lines, it's like Schiele is sketching the very essence of connection, of love. I wonder what he was thinking as he drew this, if he was in love himself, or longing for it? It reminds me of my own practice, how a simple line can hold so much emotion, how the most minimal of gestures can communicate everything. Schiele’s touch here is so light, almost hesitant, yet confident in its economy. And that signature, small but present, like a whisper, a confirmation: “Yes, this was me, feeling this.” Artists, we're all just trying to make sense of things, one line at a time.