Notat vedrørende Børglum Kloster. Udskrift af Pontoppidans Danske Atlas 1933 - 1934

Niels Larsen Stevns made this ink drawing, titled "Notat vedrørende Børglum Kloster. Udskrift af Pontoppidans Danske Atlas", at an unknown date. I imagine him hunched over a desk, meticulously copying the script from Pontoppidan's Atlas. Each stroke of the pen, a careful act of translation. He's not just copying words; he's absorbing history, geography, maybe even a bit of gossip. See how the ink bleeds slightly into the page? It reminds me that writing, like painting, is a physical act. The pressure of the pen, the texture of the paper, these things matter. It's all about the hand, the eye, the way ideas flow from one to the other. Even in something as seemingly straightforward as copying text, there's room for interpretation, for personal expression. We are all copyists in some way, but hopefully, we're all bringing something new to the conversation too.