Brief aan Anna Dorothea Dirks Possibly 1925 - 1927

This letter to Anna Dorothea Dirks was penned by Jonkheer Jan Six, in ink, on paper. It's all about the gesture, the way the ink flows and pools, isn’t it? I find myself tracing the loops and swirls of the handwriting, like following the curves of a vine. Look at how the pressure varies, thick to thin, in a constant rhythm. It’s almost sculptural, the way the words rise up from the page. The ink, once liquid, now sits there, solid, a record of a fleeting moment. It makes me think of Cy Twombly, who had such a similar way of filling the page with such playful scribbles. The beauty of art, like a letter, is that it’s never really finished, it’s always open to interpretation. A letter can mean many things to different people, and it can change meanings over time, with different readings. Like a painting, it's a conversation, an exchange of ideas, across time.