#improvisations

Vasily Kandinsky, who was born on this day in 1866, advanced the development of abstract art in both his writings and paintings. His abstract compositions, which he called “improvisations,” are considered to be among the first nonfigurative paintings. Deploying amorphous shapes of lively color to convey emotional and spiritual content, these works evoke in name the qualities of music that Kandinsky sought to communicate visually. Created shortly before the outbreak of World War I, this canvas shows how the artist deliberately juxtaposed forms of contrasting colors, depth, rhythm, or weight to reveal the sublime turbulence of an ineffable force.

Etienne Brunet & Fred Van Hove - Improvisations

Saravah

a thin layer conceals no small flaws— if only it were possible to stop putting on vaudeville acts for no one

a crow alights on a stage light

the eye never blinks it adjusts focus bending rays to sharpness, if only for a moment in close approximation