I visited the Phillips Collection two days ago for the first time. Among the Rothko, van Gogh, Monet, Degas, and Renoir, I found Paul Klee's "Printed Sheet With Picture (Bilderbogen)" (1937) the most personal. I liked the background with short paintbrush strokes and little geometric shapes, suns and stars. And, if I were Buddhist that red circle would be my mandala. I also admired the way he created a three-dimensional feel to the piece with these two-dimensional anthropomorphic creatures. You get a sense of reality floating in a dreamworld, or dreams being grounded in reality. (OK, yes, I saw Inception recently).
"As their talent develops guide your pupils towards Nature into Nature. Make them experience how a bud is born, how a tree grows, how a butterfly unfolds so that they may become just as resourceful, flexible, and determined as great Nature. Seeing is believing--is insight into the workshop of God. There, in Nature's womb, lies the secret of creation." --Paul Klee
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