Brief aan Jan Veth Possibly 1907

This letter to Jan Veth, probably written with ink on paper, looks as though it’s emerging through touch, error, and intuition. I imagine Huizinga, pen in hand, leaning over his desk, absorbed in the act of writing. You can almost feel the pressure of the pen on the page. The handwritten text, with its graceful loops and delicate lines, feels like a dance across the page. The rhythm of the handwriting communicates feeling, intention, and meaning. The words cascade with slight variations in tone, telling stories of friendship and correspondence. The act of writing becomes a conversation, a back-and-forth between the self and the other. Each stroke of the pen reflects a thought, a memory, a connection being forged in ink. Huizinga is in conversation and exchange of ideas across time, and that inspires my creativity as a painter and writer.