Annotaties 1917

This page of annotations was made by George Hendrik Breitner, but when exactly remains a mystery. It's like looking at a painter's brain, all these scribbled thoughts and notes. Breitner's handwriting jostles for space on the page, each word a quick sketch, a passing idea caught in the net of the notebook. I love that kind of generative mark-making. The texture of the paper, aged and worn, adds another layer—it’s almost like a painting in itself. There's an urgency to these notes, as if he’s trying to capture fleeting thoughts before they vanish. Look at the way he crams the words together. Breitner reminds me of Cy Twombly, both capturing a similar energy. It’s a great reminder that art is a conversation across time. It embraces the beauty of ambiguity and lets us see the world in new ways.