Adam and Eve (12) 1970

Pietro Lazzari made this Adam and Eve sometime in the 20th century using ink on paper. I see this dance of dark ink, how it pools and bleeds across the page, creating these suggestive figures. Adam and Eve – but they're dissolving, emerging, like thoughts in progress. Lazzari’s got this great sense of balance. The dark and light spaces create a sort of visual rhythm, and it's not just about the biblical story, but about the act of creation itself. I imagine Lazzari, leaning over the paper, letting the ink flow, coaxing these forms into being. That single, bold stroke that defines Adam's leg—so confident, so sure. It reminds me a little of those rapid ink drawings by Twombly, where the line becomes a map of the artist’s thinking, a kind of visual diary. It's like Lazzari is saying, "Here's a story, but it's also a feeling, a gesture, an idea in flux." And that’s what makes painting so alive, right?