Collioure Interior 1905

Matisse made this painting, Collioure Interior, with oil on canvas. Here's a painting that feels like a space. It's like I'm seeing the interior of a room, but also the interior of Matisse's mind, you know? He's working with these bold colors—reds, greens, blues—and not worrying too much about whether they match up to reality. I can almost see him, brush in hand, moving around the canvas, trying things out, changing his mind. Look at how the colors vibrate against each other! Like in his Bonheur de vivre, he’s trying to find a space where inside meets outside, where the world is just an extension of feeling. It's like the painting is breathing, shifting, alive. It makes me think about the conversations artists have, across time, across space. Matisse must have been looking at other painters, responding to them, pushing against them, and then other painters came along and looked at Matisse, and it's this ongoing dialogue. It’s all about feeling, about the energy, and just letting it flow.