Brief aan Philip Zilcken Possibly 1912

This "Brief aan Philip Zilcken," made by Victor Eugène Louis de Stuers, looks like it was written in ink, maybe a fountain pen? I love how the letters almost dance across the page, each word a little performance. The ink isn't uniform; it swells and fades, giving the whole thing a pulse, like it’s still being written as we look at it. Notice the way he loops his letters, the tails of the 'g's and 'y's – they're not just functional, they're expressive, almost like little doodles. You can see the movement of his hand, the rhythm of his thoughts taking shape. And that signature! It’s like a flourish, a final mark that says, "This is me, this is my voice." It makes me think of Cy Twombly and his scribbly paintings, where the act of writing becomes a kind of abstract expression. In both, it's like they're chasing after something that can't quite be put into words, but feels true anyway.