Briefkaart aan Philip Zilcken before 1911

This "Briefkaart aan Philip Zilcken" by Léonce Bénédite, it’s not just a postcard, but a tiny time capsule, a process made visible. The smudges and stamps, the faded ink of the address – it all speaks to the journey this little piece of paper took. Look at the way the postal marks overlap, creating these unintentional compositions. The ink is uneven, almost sculptural in its build-up. You can imagine Bénédite, pen in hand, carefully writing out the address, maybe in a hurry, maybe not. There's an intimacy in that handwritten script that’s totally different from our digital world, right? It reminds me of Cy Twombly's scribbles, or even some of Robert Rauschenberg’s collages, where everyday ephemera becomes art. It's a reminder that art is all around us, in the most unexpected places. It's about seeing the beauty in the mundane. Art isn’t about answers, it’s about questions, and this little postcard opens up a whole world of them.