Gebirgslandschaft mit Felsen. 

Editor: This is "Mountain Landscape with Rocks" by Franz Kobell, drawn with ink and pencil. The stark, almost ghostly quality of the monochrome immediately pulls me in; there's a romantic feel, but also a real sense of quiet, lonely observation. What do you make of its stillness? Curator: Stillness, exactly. And isn't it curious how Kobell captures such imposing rock formations with these delicate lines? It's like sketching a thought, almost as if these mountains are figments of his imagination, rather than just something seen and copied. And have you noticed how he uses light and shadow to carve out space, pulling you into the scene? Where do *you* find yourself within it? Editor: I feel like I'm on the path with the figures in the foreground. They're so small, it emphasizes the immensity of the landscape, like they're contemplating the sublime. Curator: Precisely! These figures serve to give scale, of course, but they also provoke a question of human significance. Or perhaps, *in*significance. They ask the eternal "What are we doing here?" It seems Kobell wants us to share their meditative journey and find our own way, rather than hand-feeding us a conclusion. It's as if the mountains whisper, "Find your meaning here, should you care to..." What would they tell you if they could talk? Editor: Probably to stop taking selfies and just look! This conversation’s made me think about how romanticism isn’t just grand, sweeping emotion but quiet reflection, too. Curator: Right? And hopefully a little less hurried selfie-taking for all of us from now on. This little drawing asks quite a lot of us, doesn't it?