Briefkaart aan Philip Zilcken Possibly 1911 - 1916

This "Briefkaart aan Philip Zilcken" by Nicolaas van der Waay looks like a regular postcard, but to me it's a peek into someone's life and mind. It's like a little painting made with a pen, carefully placing words and addresses, just like I place colors on a canvas. I imagine Van der Waay writing this, maybe in a rush, or maybe carefully thinking about each word. Was he thinking about Zilcken's work as he wrote to him? Did he pause between the address and the name, thinking about the other artist? The stamps and the handwriting—they're all marks of a moment, like brushstrokes. Artists are always talking to each other, even across time. And the neat lines and circles, tell a similar story to the gestures in a painting. I think what it means, well, is up to each of us.